Problems Showing Main Form after Hide

[jp2group]

I have a Main Form that hides in the Task Bar Tray as an Icon until
one of the Tray Icon's Menu Items is selected. (think of your
antivirus program running there)

The program starts up fine and shows the main form fine, but once I
tell it to hide, it does not want to show back up later.

What could my problem be?

Here is my code:

Public Sub ShowMe(ByVal val As Boolean)
TopMost = False
If (val = True) Then
WindowState = FormWindowState .Normal
Show()
ShowInTaskbar = True
TopMost = True
ElseIf (val = False) Then
WindowState = FormWindowState .Minimized
Hide()
ShowInTaskbar = False
End If
Refresh()
Application.DoE vents()
End Sub

[Lloyd Sheen]

Re: Problems Showing Main Form after Hide


"jp2group" <tjpool@gmail.c omwrote in message
news:c7b8df31-3c55-4ed7-aa42-9f042ce05470@m3 g2000hsc.google groups.com...

>I have a Main Form that hides in the Task Bar Tray as an Icon until
one of the Tray Icon's Menu Items is selected. (think of your
antivirus program running there)
>
The program starts up fine and shows the main form fine, but once I
tell it to hide, it does not want to show back up later.
>
What could my problem be?
>
Here is my code:
>
Public Sub ShowMe(ByVal val As Boolean)
TopMost = False
If (val = True) Then
WindowState = FormWindowState .Normal
Show()
ShowInTaskbar = True
TopMost = True
ElseIf (val = False) Then
WindowState = FormWindowState .Minimized
Hide()
ShowInTaskbar = False
End If
Refresh()
Application.DoE vents()
End Sub

This is code I use

Private Sub NotifyIcon1_Dou bleClick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArg s) Handles NotifyIcon1.Dou bleClick
If Me.WindowState = FormWindowState .Minimized Then
Me.WindowState = FormWindowState .Maximized
Me.NotifyIcon1. Visible = False
End If
Me.Show()
Me.Activate()
End Sub

Hope this helps
LS

[Just_a_fan@home.net]

Re: Re: Problems Showing Main Form after Hide

In case your form is not intended to be maximized, which is somewhat
rare, in my experience:

Private Sub NotifyIcon_Doub leClick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArg s) Handles NotifyIcon.Doub leClick
Me.Show()
Application.DoE vents()
Me.WindowState = FormWindowState .Normal
Me.Focus()
End Sub

Using the code, below, maximizes the form. Changing "maximize" to
"normal" also has a problem of leaving the form a small, unusable thing
down in the corner.

The DoEvents, above, is probably redundant.

Mike


On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:57:21 -0400, in
microsoft.publi c.dotnet.langua ges.vb "Lloyd Sheen" <a@b.cwrote:

>
>"jp2group" <tjpool@gmail.c omwrote in message
>news:c7b8df3 1-3c55-4ed7-aa42-9f042ce05470@m3 g2000hsc.google groups.com...

>>I have a Main Form that hides in the Task Bar Tray as an Icon until
>one of the Tray Icon's Menu Items is selected. (think of your
>antivirus program running there)
>>
>The program starts up fine and shows the main form fine, but once I
>tell it to hide, it does not want to show back up later.
>>
>What could my problem be?
>>
>Here is my code:
>>
> Public Sub ShowMe(ByVal val As Boolean)
> TopMost = False
> If (val = True) Then
> WindowState = FormWindowState .Normal
> Show()
> ShowInTaskbar = True
> TopMost = True
> ElseIf (val = False) Then
> WindowState = FormWindowState .Minimized
> Hide()
> ShowInTaskbar = False
> End If
> Refresh()
> Application.DoE vents()
> End Sub

>
>
>This is code I use
>
Private Sub NotifyIcon1_Dou bleClick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
>System.EventAr gs) Handles NotifyIcon1.Dou bleClick
If Me.WindowState = FormWindowState .Minimized Then
Me.WindowState = FormWindowState .Maximized
Me.NotifyIcon1. Visible = False
End If
Me.Show()
Me.Activate()
End Sub
>
>Hope this helps
>LS