Frequently Asked Questions

Hiding your application from the Windows Taskbar.

Question:

How do I hide my application from the Windows Taskbar?

Answer:

To do this you will need to:



Select the View -> Project Source, from Delphi's main menu.



Add the Windows unit to the uses clause.



Add Application.ShowMainForm := False; to the line after

"Application.Initialize;".



Add: ShowWindow(Application.Handle, SW_HIDE); to the line

before "Application.Run;"



Your main project source file should now look something like

this:



program Project1;



uses

  Windows,

  Forms,

  Unit1 in 'Unit1.pas' {Form1},

  Unit2 in 'Unit2.pas' {Form2};



{$R *.RES}



begin

  Application.Initialize;

  Application.ShowMainForm := False;

  Application.CreateForm(TForm1, Form1);

  Application.CreateForm(TForm2, Form2);

  ShowWindow(Application.Handle, SW_HIDE);

  Application.Run;

end.



In the "initialization" section (at the very bottom)

of each unit that uses a form, add:



begin

  ShowWindow(Application.Handle, SW_HIDE);

end.