Trap the Minimize button. 2

[CartoonDog]

I have written an app that uses the systray. I have disabled the ShowInTaskBar property of the form in question. When the user presses the Min button I want an animation of the form to shrink down to the systray. I have the animation working fine if I execute it with a command button, but I want it to be triggered by the Min button. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

Cartoondog.

PS. I am going to try this code snippet, but am expecting results that will be less than desireable:

Private Sub Form_Resize()
If Me.WindowState = vbMinimized Then Me.WindowState = vbNormal
End Sub

 

[CartoonDog]

I found the answer if anyone is interested on VBtips.com. The api function will return just about any action to a form BEFORE it is executed... therefore you can insert your own code first and derail what windows had intended.

Here is the link.

http://www.vb-helper.com/howto_detect_border_click.html

 

[ZOR]

Thats worth a star. Very similar to the ehlp I had from vb5prgrmr when I desperately wanted to find a way if Word application was still open. I found that it was far too easy for a user to click on Word, then click the mainform, and word would vanish behind somewhere, leaving the retched thing still open. This caused havoc when Word was reopened the automation kept falling over. Thats a good reference, thanks.
vb5prgrmr really stopped me topping myself, thanks again if you read this.

 

[merlinx]

A star from me to, this will keep me out of a few corners...