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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Never mind, I
found the problem. I’m running the app with a command-line
parameter which doesn’t display the main form, but instead runs through a
process and then exits. It appears the main form needs to appear, or some
windows messages need to be processed before the app minimizes. Without
the parameter, the program does load minimized after the splash screen
terminates.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Ross.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Ross Levis
[mailto:ross@stationplaylist.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, 30 January 2010 12:30 a.m.<br>
<b>To:</b> 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> ShellExecute with SW_SHOWMINNOACTIVE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>From
a Delphi app I’m wanting to load another Delphi app minimized without
affecting the focus of the current app. But the ShellExecute function
seems to be ignoring anything I put in the ShowCmd parameter.
SW_SHOWMINNOACTIVE should do just what I want but the app appears normally on
the screen. Any ideas?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Ross.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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