Visual Basic Executable

[dror2002]

Hello everybody,

I have a problem that seems rather simple. When I create a GUI executable in Visual Basic, run it and then minimize it, the minimized form is stuck on top of the task bar instead of on the task bar itself like all other applications.

Thanks in advance,
Dror

[Latem]

Is it just that application (that you made) that gets minimized to the top, or do all open applications?

I am just asking because it may not be anything you did.
I have had it happen to me once or twice, and it was windows minimizing all applications to the top. I tried to find out if it was some kind of windows option, but couln't find anything. I dont know why this happens, but if you restart the comp it goes away.

If it is just your app, then I don't know why it would happen. I don't know of any way you can explicitly make an exe do that in VB. It shouldn't just do it.

Latem

[dror2002]

Thanks for your response Latem.

Anyway, there's a property of a form called "ShowInTaskBar".
As the name implies, if this is set to false, the minimized form will sit annoyingly above the task bar. If True - on the task bar like all other applications.

Like a lot of Visual Basic defaults, the default value of this property is set to False, so all one need is to change it to True.

Dror.