Opening an application invisibly?

[VBDotNetProgrammer]

Hi does anyone know if its possible to have an instance of outlook or any application for that matter open invisibly?

 

[SHelton]

Dim p As New Process

p.StartInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden

p.StartInfo.FileName = "outlook.exe"

p.Start()

Do not use

p.Start("outlook.exe")

even after setting the window style to hidden because the window style will be ignored.

 

[VBDotNetProgrammer]

Hi thanks for the help and that looks like what i want but it doesnt actually make the app invisible at all. Is something missing perhaps?

 

[SHelton]

My apologies - I tested it using Excel and it opened invisibly. Having now tried Outlook, it does indeed open in a normal window.

It must be possible to open a hidden Outlook process because ActiveSync does it when synching a PocketPC.

I'll have another look when I get 5 mins...

 

[VBDotNetProgrammer]

ok brilliant thanks that would be a great help.