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"Daniel Mayo" <dmayo@reply.via.newsgroup.com> wrote in message
news:42bff8d3@newsgroups.borland.com...

> How can I hide my application from task bar so that it
> doesn't show up on the taskbar (and an alt-tab request)

The only way to do that reliably is to give the TApplication window the
WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW style:

    Hide the application's taskbar icon
    http://web.archive.org/web/20040623154847/bcbdev.com/faqs/faq4.htm

> while also having the application always be visible

That is simply a matter of keeping the main form visible, which has nothing
to do with TApplication's visibility.

> even after the show desktop button is pressed, albeit not on top
> (eg, "sent to back" but  sized on the screen appropriately).

As far as I know, there is no way to know when the "Show Desktop" button is
clicked.  All it does is loops through the available windows hiding/showing
them as needed, which is no different than when the user does it maually.
Even then, if you could intercept the window being hidden, I don't think you
can prevent the OS from hiding it.


Gambit