Minimize + NotifyIcon

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

I'm developing a "panic button" application where the user single
clicks on a notify icon to activate a window, then clicks on a button
to send a broadcast to connected clients, then I minimize the form to
hide the notification.

The issue is, when the form is minimized after clicking the button to
send the notice, it docks itself, albeit minimized, above the start
menu. The intent here is to have no evidence on the users desktop that
a call for help has been sounded.

If I Hide the form instead of minimize, the form isn't visible on
subsequent clicks on the NotifyIcon. Is there a way to return the form
to it's original "hidden" state?


Thanks,

Morgan

MPF
Wed Feb 13 09:31:37 CST 2008

Found a solution. Thanks to http://mattgriffith.net/stories/2002/07/07/mattG=
riffithsnetUtilitiesClassLibrary.html
for the wonderfully easy to use components!


On Feb 12, 11:44=A0am, MPF <morgan.fe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks in advance for any assistance.
>
> I'm developing a "panic button" application where the user single
> clicks on a notify icon to activate a window, then clicks on a button
> to send a broadcast to connected clients, then I minimize the form to
> hide the notification.
>
> The issue is, when the form is minimized after clicking the button to
> send the notice, it docks itself, albeit minimized, above the start
> menu. The intent here is to have no evidence on the users desktop that
> a call for help has been sounded.
>
> If I Hide the form instead of minimize, the form isn't visible on
> subsequent clicks on the NotifyIcon. Is there a way to return the form
> to it's original "hidden" state?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Morgan