i am not too sure about delphi 1, but:
To not show the main form or the taskbar, add Application.ShowMainForm :=
False to the project source before the Application.CreateForm(??) lines.
Stacey
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bird, Geoff GD [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, 19 July 2000 5:28 p.m.
> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> Subject: [DUG]: How to hide a form ?
>
>
>
> > I am currently doing an upgrade to a Delphi (D1) app
> developed some 3-4 yrs ago.
> >
> > I have an initial (Startup) form which manages security,
> then calls other forms etc. This Startup form has no user
> interaction (although it does display a user reg. key..), and
> (at the time) seemed a good way to minimise memory demand.
> The disadvantage is that I would now like to totally hide the
> form, so that it is neither visible to the user, nor appears
> in the task list.
> >
> > While I have made it so it is not 'accessible', ie the user
> cannot even activate the Startup screen, I would like to go
> further and make it totally invisible - without significant
> rewrite. So far, I have been unable to achieve this.
> >
> > Any ideas ?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> > Geoff
> >
> EOM
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