| Subject: | Secondary form minimized from taskbar icon |
| Posted by: | Alexandre Valiquette |
| Date: | Tue, 30 Dec 2008 |
Hello!
I'm trying to do the following in Delphi 2009:
1) When I minimize any form at runtime in my project, the whole application minimizes.
2) If I click on the application's taskbar icon, the application forms are minimized or restored with the correct animation (depending of the active form state).
Basically I want all the forms of my application to share the same taskbar icon.
So far I managed to do 1) this way:
procedure WMSysCommand(var Msg: TWMSysCommand); message WM_SYSCOMMAND;
procedure TMyForm.WMSysCommand;
begin
case Msg.CmdType of
SC_MINIMIZE: Application.Minimize;
SC_RESTORE: Application.Restore;
else
DefaultHandler(Msg);
end;
end;
This works OK (but not sure it's the best way) but when secondary forms are restored (by clicking the taskbar icon) I see no restoring animation. Also I can't minimize secondary forms by clicking the taskbar icon (the popup menu is not even present on the taskbar icon when a secondary form is active)...
I know I can play with CreateParams and WS_EX_APPWINDOW to add a new icon to the taskbar for each form, but I only want one taskbar icon for my whole application...
Any idea on how to do this? Hope I am clear enough...