Dan, Here is what I do using the latest version of Turbo8 compiler. My app minimizes to the taskbar just as every other program does. In older versions, there was a problem minimizing directly to the taskbar which was corrected several releases ago, check your version.
Startup.Dat file; connect DBNAME SET VAR vCompiled TEXT = NULL GETPROPERTY APPLICATION ISCOMPILED vCompiled IF vCompiled = 'YES' THEN PROPERTY LOADWINDOW TITLE 'Starting Lamp Version 8.0.....' PROPERTY LOADWINDOW PROGRESS 90 ENDIF CLEAR VARIABLE vCompiled On After start eep on main form: set messages off set error messages off PROPERTY RBASE_FORM DONTSHOWSAVEDIALOG 'TRUE' PROPERTY RBASE_FORM DONTSHOWDELETEDIALOG 'TRUE' PROPERTY APPLICATION TASKBARBUTTON 'FALSE' PROPERTY RBASE_FORM TASKBARBUTTON 'TRUE' CLEAR VARIABLE vCompiled SET VAR vCompiled TEXT = NULL GETPROPERTY APPLICATION ISCOMPILED vCompiled IF vCompiled = 'YES' THEN PROPERTY LOADWINDOW CLOSE 'TRUE' ENDIF CLEAR VARIABLE vCompiled ret Bill Eyring -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dan Goldberg Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 1:42 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Problem with compiled app and the task bar I am having problems with minimizing my app to the task bar. I want to minimize the app to the task bar only, no sliver at the bottom left side of the desktop. Also, when the have a form open from the app and minimize the form(not mdi) I want to app to minimize as well. This is my snippet of my code: I have a startup file which I compile. When it runs it calls the external form file, which is our application. --Startup.dat PROPERTY loadwindow TITLE 'Loading - Please Wait ...' PROPERTY loadwindow progress 25 x: REFF lance menu.rff In the "on after start" eep of the external form file I have the following: PROPERTY APPLICATION TASKBARBUTTON 'TRUE' PROPERTY RBASE_FORM TASKBARBUTTON 'FALSE' But this puts a sliver at the bottom left side. I can bring up the app from the task bar though. When I minimize a form it minimizes the app a well(which is what I want). I have tried: 1. PROPERTY APPLICATION TASKBARBUTTON 'TRUE' PROPERTY RBASE_FORM TASKBARBUTTON 'TRUE' It gets a rid of the sliver at the bottom left side. I can bring up the app from the task bar. When I minimize the form the app is still there. 2. PROPERTY APPLICATION TASKBARBUTTON 'FALSE' PROPERTY RBASE_FORM TASKBARBUTTON 'FALSE' Shows the sliver at the bottom left side. I can bring up the app from the task bar. When I minimize the form the app is still there. 3. PROPERTY APPLICATION TASKBARBUTTON 'FALSE' PROPERTY RBASE_FORM TASKBARBUTTON 'TRUE' Same as #1 Has anybody found a way to do what I am looking for or am I putting the properties in the wrong place? Dan Goldberg
