Hiding all open forms
James Berry <[email protected]> Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:47:54 +0000
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.windows.devel.dotnet.winforms |
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I need to hide all open forms in my application (and be able to bring them back later). This is a security function for which there is an external requirement, and I can do nothing to manage. My first test was to use the Application.OpenForms to discover all open forms and then hide them. This gives two sets of problems: 1. OpenForms does not include forms where ShowInTaskBar = false 2. Hiding open dialog boxes causes them to close (returning DialogResult). So, any pointers? 1. Is there a way to identify all open forms without OpenForms (Win32 functions to find the handles would be enough probably, as I can always send messages rather than using the dotnet functions) 2. Is there a good alternative to hiding? I thought of resizing to 0,0 - or moving massively off screen (eg to 10000, 10000) Best wishes James