PRB: ShowInTaskBar Forms Still Appear When Set to False (180750)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 6.0
  • Microsoft eMbedded Visual Basic 3.0
This article was previously published under Q180750

SYMPTOMS

Forms with the ShowInTaskBar property set to False are still displayed in the Windows CE taskbar.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

The Windows CE operating system does not support this functionality. It shows a taskbar item for all top-level windows.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Create a new Windows CE project in Visual Basic or eMbedded Visual Basic. Form1 is created by default.
  2. Set the ShowInTaskbar property to False on Form1.
  3. Press F5 to run the application, and note that the form still appears in the taskbar.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:3/11/2005
Keywords:kbpending kbprb kbToolkit KB180750
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