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  • NL
    #1

    preventing animation when minimizing a window

    Hi,

    Does anybody know how to turn off the animation Windows does with a window
    as it's minimized/maximized to the taskbar?

    I have an app which, when minimized, syncs to any other open instances of
    the app and tells them to minimize. If I have more than a couple instances
    open, the user ends up waiting quite a while for all of windows to minimize,
    since each minimizing animation is done consecutively and not in parallel.

    I would rather have the window disappear immediately.

    TIA,
    Norvin


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    • James Curran
      #2
      Re: preventing animation when minimizing a window

      As far as I know, it can only be specified at the system level for all
      windows, but by each app individually.

      What you can do is intercept the minimize event, and hide the window
      instead, placing an icon in the notification area.

      --
      --
      Truth,
      James Curran
      [erstwhile VC++ MVP]

      Home: www.noveltheory.com Work: www.njtheater.com
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      "NL" <nl@123.com> wrote in message
      news:OKOSpzkUFH A.580@TK2MSFTNG P15.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
      > Hi,
      >
      > Does anybody know how to turn off the animation Windows does with a window
      > as it's minimized/maximized to the taskbar?
      >
      > I have an app which, when minimized, syncs to any other open instances of
      > the app and tells them to minimize. If I have more than a couple instances
      > open, the user ends up waiting quite a while for all of windows to[/color]
      minimize,[color=blue]
      > since each minimizing animation is done consecutively and not in parallel.
      >
      > I would rather have the window disappear immediately.
      >
      > TIA,
      > Norvin
      >
      >[/color]


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        • NL
          #3
          Re: preventing animation when minimizing a window

          Hi James,

          thanks for the reply. So when I call a form's .Hide() method, it also
          disappears from the taskbar. How do I go about keep it visible in the
          taksbar? (Is this what you meant by "placing an icon in the notification
          area"?)

          TIA,
          Norvin


          "James Curran" <jamescurran@mv ps.org> wrote in message
          news:ehmhqCnUFH A.1148@tk2msftn gp13.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
          > As far as I know, it can only be specified at the system level for all
          > windows, but by each app individually.
          >
          > What you can do is intercept the minimize event, and hide the window
          > instead, placing an icon in the notification area.
          >
          > --
          > --
          > Truth,
          > James Curran
          > [erstwhile VC++ MVP]
          >
          > Home: www.noveltheory.com Work: www.njtheater.com
          > Blog: www.honestillusion.com Day Job: www.partsearch.com
          >
          > "NL" <nl@123.com> wrote in message
          > news:OKOSpzkUFH A.580@TK2MSFTNG P15.phx.gbl...[color=green]
          > > Hi,
          > >
          > > Does anybody know how to turn off the animation Windows does with a[/color][/color]
          window[color=blue][color=green]
          > > as it's minimized/maximized to the taskbar?
          > >
          > > I have an app which, when minimized, syncs to any other open instances[/color][/color]
          of[color=blue][color=green]
          > > the app and tells them to minimize. If I have more than a couple[/color][/color]
          instances[color=blue][color=green]
          > > open, the user ends up waiting quite a while for all of windows to[/color]
          > minimize,[color=green]
          > > since each minimizing animation is done consecutively and not in[/color][/color]
          parallel.[color=blue][color=green]
          > >
          > > I would rather have the window disappear immediately.
          > >
          > > TIA,
          > > Norvin
          > >
          > >[/color]
          >
          >[/color]


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            • James Curran
              #4
              Re: preventing animation when minimizing a window

              The notification area is the spot by the clock (which probably already
              has a bunch of icons), which is sometime (wrongly) referred to as the
              "system tray"

              --
              --
              Truth,
              James Curran
              [erstwhile VC++ MVP]

              Home: www.noveltheory.com Work: www.njtheater.com
              Blog: www.honestillusion.com Day Job: www.partsearch.com

              "NL" <nl@123.com> wrote in message
              news:OuZ0FZoUFH A.4000@TK2MSFTN GP14.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
              > Hi James,
              >
              > thanks for the reply. So when I call a form's .Hide() method, it also
              > disappears from the taskbar. How do I go about keep it visible in the
              > taksbar? (Is this what you meant by "placing an icon in the notification
              > area"?)[/color]


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