Microsoft KB Archive/180750

= PRB: ShowInTaskBar Forms Still Appear When Set to False =

Article ID: 180750

Article Last Modified on 3/11/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 6.0
 * Microsoft eMbedded Visual Basic 3.0

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This article was previously published under Q180750



SYMPTOMS
Forms with the ShowInTaskBar property set to False are still displayed in the Windows CE taskbar.



STATUS
This behavior is by design.



MORE INFORMATION
The Windows CE operating system does not support this functionality. It shows a taskbar item for all top-level windows.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

 * 1) Create a new Windows CE project in Visual Basic or eMbedded Visual Basic. Form1 is created by default.
 * 2) Set the ShowInTaskbar property to False on Form1.
 * 3) Press F5 to run the application, and note that the form still appears in the taskbar.

Additional query words: wince vbce vbce6 evb

Keywords: kbtoolkit kbprb kbpending KB180750

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