Taskbar/Third Party Program

[solus]

I have a console program that runs as a type of server written by some one else. The fact that it sits in my taskbar is kind of irritating. Is there any way, using c#, to write a third party program that'll hide it from the taskbar and and my desktop entirely?

[Derek Stone]

You can use the Win32 APIs [api]FindWindow[/api] and [api]ShowWindow[/api] to hide the window. Better yet, run the application as a Windows service.

[solus]

Thanks, the APIs worked great.

 

	[DllImport("user32.dll",EntryPoint="FindWindow")]
	private static extern IntPtr FindWindow( string _ClassName, string _WindowName );

	[DllImport("user32.dll")]
	private static extern uint ShowWindow( IntPtr hWnd, int nCmd );

 

		IntPtr wp = FindWindow( null, "Window Name" );
		ShowWindow( wp, 0 );

 

0 to hide and 1 to show again. For future reference ;D