Hiding the application window

[ramanaths]

Hi

I have an app A, that calls another app B. I want to run app B in the background meaning the app window should be hidden from user view. If I give B.hide the processing in it also stops. Using Show in Taskbar property it does not appear in the task bar but the window is visible and can be given focus by using the Alt+Tab keys.

What can I do to get app B to stay hidden?

 

[JohnH]

If I give B.hide the processing in it also stops.

What do you mean 'processing stops'? I just put a timer in a form and made it count, then hide/show it some, but processing didn't stop... same with multi-threaded process, hiding the form didn't stop any processing.

 

[JuggaloBrotha]

if you made program B you could set it up to run without an interface

 

[ramanaths]

Thanks for your comments.

I have it working now by setting the Opacity property of the form to 0% and Show in taksbar to false.