minimize by code ?

Hi,

this.WindowState = FormWindowState.Minimized;

This minimizes the Form to your Taskbar.

Pocket PC doesn't have a concept of a minimized window. When you click on a (X) on the top right part of a form, the form actually goes to the back of the z-order.

There isn't a purely managed way of doing this, but you can p/invoke to call SetWindowPos() to change the z-order of your window to get the same behavoir as when a user clicks on the (X) of a form.

mike

Sorry Quammy,
I did'nt recognice that you asked about cf :( I just found your question on the not answered page and did not look about the category.

I've experienced problems with getting SetWindowPos to work for this task. It generates no errors, it just does nothing. However, I found a workaround using P/Invoke with Coredll.dll and the SetForegroundWindow and GetDesktopWindow (the Today screen) functions.

[DllImport ("coredll.dll")]
private static extern bool SetForegroundWindow(IntPtr hWnd);

[DllImport ("coredll.dll")]
private static extern IntPtr GetDesktopWindow();

then call:

SetForegroundWindow(GetDesktopWindow());

Unfortunately, this places the form behind the Today screen by bringing the Today screen to the foreground. This means all other forms that were in front of the Today screen are minimized as well. A solution, but not an ideal solution. Could someone post SetWindowPos code that actually works?

The ShowWindow function creates an even bigger problem, since it doesn't place the form behind the Today screen unless it is the only non-minimized form. It simply moves the screen one form lower in the z-order. It activates the form just below it; when you close or minimize it the original form is activated again. This is not the expected behaviour of a Smart Minimized form.