Is it possible to minimize a dialog to the taskbar?

Rain

When minimizing a macro scheduler dialog from the dialogs title bar it always minimizes to the desktop instead of the taskbar. Is it possible to minimize it to the taskbar without having to either double click the icon in the taskbar or right clicking it and then clicking minimize?

Thank you for your time.
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Marcus Tettmar · Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 8:23 pm Post subject:

No, I'm afraid not. That would need a modification to the underlying window class. I'll make a note to investigate whether or not its possible to make this an option for dialogs in future.
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Rain · Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 3:22 pm Post subject:

Thanks Marcus.
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Marcus Tettmar · Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 3:33 pm Post subject:

Note, this is possible with V12 via the new dialog objects's OnTaskBar property.
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CyberCitizen · Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 3:43 am Post subject:

jpuziano · Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 5:28 am Post subject:

Marcus Tettmar · Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 9:23 am Post subject:

Erm there's a minimize button on my dialog example. If there isn't on yours then just add it - add biMinimize to the BorderIcons property.

With OnTaskBar set to true it will now minimize to the task bar, rather than to just above the task bar as is normal for child windows.

Here's an example of a dialog that you can minimize to task bar:

Dialog>Dialog1
object Dialog1: TForm
  Left = 697
  Top = 447
  HelpContext = 5000
  BorderIcons = [biSystemMenu, biMinimize]
  Caption = 'CustomDialog'
  ClientHeight = 223
  ClientWidth = 439
  Color = clBtnFace
  Font.Charset = DEFAULT_CHARSET
  Font.Color = clWindowText
  Font.Height = -11
  Font.Name = 'MS Sans Serif'
  Font.Style = []
  OldCreateOrder = True
  ShowHint = True
  Position = poScreenCenter
  OnTaskBar = True
  PixelsPerInch = 96
  TextHeight = 13
end
EndDialog>Dialog1
Show>Dialog1,r

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JRL · Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 10:29 pm Post subject:

jpuziano · Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2010 4:46 pm Post subject:

Marcus Tettmar · Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 9:03 am Post subject:

jpuziano · Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 5:53 pm Post subject:

migro · Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 7:01 pm Post subject:

With a compiled macro based on Marcus sample settings above I got 2 tabs in the taskbar, when running the *.exe. Can anyone confirm this?

The tab named: "Macro Sheduler" got only the icon shown inside, the tab named: "CustomDialog" represent the dialog.

It seems to have something to do with "OnTaskBar = True". Without setting it to True, there is no second tab in the taskbar, but also the dialog can be minimized only to the lower left edge of the screen an not to the taskbar. Any idea how to get rid off the second tab with the icon insinde?
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jpuziano · Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 8:11 pm Post subject:

Hi Migro,

migro · Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 8:38 pm Post subject:

Hi Jpuziano,

thanks a lot for the hint - it works.

I never used "/hide" before, because I didn't got the clou from the help text and thought it will hide the dialog window itself.... Wink

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migro · Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 10:43 pm Post subject:

Hi,

think I responded a little bit to early. It worked well with the dialog sample from Marcus. When I compiled my dialog (with some tabs and dialog handlers) it didn't work as expected.

I stripped down the code of my dialog and I found the piece where it goes miss, but I haven't any idea why. I use this handler to update a tooltip when dialog tabs are changed.

// COMPILE_OPTS|H:\SIRONA\Archiv\Macros\Test2.exe|H:\SIRONA\Archiv\Macros\SEB\SEB2.ico|CONSOLE=0|INCLUDES=1| /NOSYSTRAY /HIDE
Dialog>Dialog1
object Dialog1: TForm
  Left = 255
  Top = 101
  HelpContext = 5000
  BorderIcons = [biSystemMenu, biMinimize]
  BorderStyle = bsSingle
  Caption = 'Custom Dialog'
  ClientHeight = 617
  ClientWidth = 696
  Color = clBtnFace
  Font.Charset = DEFAULT_CHARSET
  Font.Color = clWindowText
  Font.Height = -11
  Font.Name = 'MS Sans Serif'
  Font.Style = []
  OldCreateOrder = True
  Position = poScreenCenter
  ShowHint = True
  OnTaskBar = True
  PixelsPerInch = 96
  TextHeight = 13
  object LabelToolTip: TLabel
    Left = 512
    Top = 112
    Width = 175
    Height = 449
    AutoSize = False
    Caption = 'Tooltip...'
    Color = 11769220
    Font.Charset = DEFAULT_CHARSET
    Font.Color = clblue
    Font.Height = -15
    Font.Name = 'MS Sans Serif'
    Font.Style = []
    ParentColor = False
    ParentFont = False
    Transparent = True
    WordWrap = True
  end
  object PageControl1: TPageControl
    Left = 0
    Top = 50
    Width = 485
    Height = 513
    ActivePage = ConfigTab
    TabOrder = 0
    object ConfigTab: TTabSheet
      Caption = 'Backup/Restore'
      ExplicitLeft = 0
      ExplicitTop = 0
      ExplicitWidth = 0
      ExplicitHeight = 393
    end
    object NotificationTab: TTabSheet
      Caption = 'Notification'
    end
  end
end
EndDialog>Dialog1

   Let>str501=Job-Parameter festlegen:...
   Let>str502="Email-Benachrichtigungen aktivieren" ...

   AddDialogHandler>Dialog1,ConfigTab,OnShow,TitelConfigTab
   AddDialogHandler>Dialog1,NotificationTab,OnShow,TitelNotificationTab

Show>Dialog1,r

SRT>TitelConfigTab
   // Tooltip f�r ConfigTab aktualisieren
   SetDialogProperty>Dialog1,LabelToolTip,Caption,str501
END>TitelConfigTab

SRT>TitelNotificationTab
   // Tooltip f�r NotificationTab aktualisieren
   SetDialogProperty>Dialog1,LabelToolTip,Caption,str502
END>TitelNotificationTab

When I comment out the line: "AddDialogHandler>Dialog1,ConfigTab,OnShow,TitelConfigTab" and compile it with /NoSystray /Hide, only one tab is shown in the taskbar. When I leave it in, 2 tabs are shown in the taskbar.

Any ideas or suggestions what causes this behavior?
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