This may be of some assistance - it is from TApplication:
Determines whether the application shows its main form on startup.
property ShowMainForm: Boolean;
Description
Use ShowMainForm to control whether and when the application shows its main
form.
The default value of True is set in the constructor. When ShowMainForm is
True the main window shows automatically when the application starts. The
MainForm property specifies which form is the main form.
To hide the main form at startup, set ShowMainForm to False in the main
project file before the call to Application.Run. Make sure that the Visible
property of the form is also False.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bird, Geoff GD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 4:17 PM
Subject: [DUG]: How to hide a form
>
> > I am currently doing an upgrade to a Delphi (D1) app developed some 3-4
yrs ago.
> >
> > I have an initial (Startup) form which manages security, then calls
other forms etc. This Startup form has no user interaction (although it
does display a user reg. key..), and (at the time) seemed a good way to
minimise memory demand. The disadvantage is that I would now like to
totally hide the form, so that it is neither visible to the user, nor
appears in the task list.
> >
> > While I have made it so it is not 'accessible', ie the user cannot even
activate the Startup screen, I would like to go further and make it totally
invisible - without significant rewrite. So far, I have been unable to
achieve this.
> >
> > Any ideas, comments, pointers ?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> > Geoff
> >
> EOM
>
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