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Boo · Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 9:40 pm Post subject: API Call to Minimize a Window?

Howdy All,

Would anyone out there happen to know a way to use the API to minimize a window? Same as clicking on the minimize button on a window. (For certain reasons, I do not want to use the Window Iconize command, nor do I want to use the Window Click command.)

Thanks,

- Boo

SnarlingSheep · Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 9:52 pm Post subject:

This should work:

Boo · Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:11 pm Post subject:

Thanks Sheep! I'll give it a whirl... Cool

ShinobiSoft · Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:13 pm Post subject:

SnarlingSheep wrote:

Garrett · Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 1:07 am Post subject:

Here's a list of api's with code examples that I have.

http://garrett.vdsworld.com/vds5api.html

Boo · Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 1:23 am Post subject:

Thanks guys.

By the way... Sheep's example can be used as a solution to the memory usage issues mentioned in the following posts:

http://www.vdsworld.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=22716&highlight=#22716
http://www.vdsworld.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1253

I tried using the code within one of my apps., and it works fine (unlike the Window Iconize command within VDS).

I can now minimize my program (without having to click on the minimize button) and drop it from 10,000 K to approximately 2,000 K by simply running this code! Yippeee!

Thanks again, Sheep. Cool

Cheers,

- Boo

Boo · Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 1:36 am Post subject:

Hi Again,

After minimizing an application using API, you can then use the Window Hide Command to hide the application from showing in the taskbar (see code below). Also, for any newbies out there, the following code shows how to determine the %%hwnd variable:

jules · Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 10:45 am Post subject:

Many people using the new Delphi 2005 IDE are running into memory usage issues. Even after upgrading my computer to 512MB I still get Windows bleating about virtual memory becoming too low. The advice from Borland peeps is to minimize the IDE occasionally. Sounds familiar.

The word from the clever people is that this behaviour is an inherent problem with the Delphi memory manager. Apparently when memory becomes fragmented it is unable to reuse it, so instead it asks for more from Windows. VDS is inheriting this problem from Delphi. Some people are expressing the hope that Borland will now have to address this longstanding problem so as to solve these issues with the D2005 IDE, but personally I will be surprised if they do so before the next major upgrade to Delphi, which will therefore not be in the timescale to have any effect on VDS 6.

Boo · Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 5:02 pm Post subject:

Hi Jules,

Have you tried the code reflected in the posts above? Seems to be a workable solution for now...

Cheers,

- Boo