Hide the taskbar

[hobbsdan]

I have been trying to come up with a solution to this problem for sometime now. I am launching an exe.file from within AMS4.0 that launches a quiz for the user to take. When I do this the taskbar comes to the top of the screen if the user has "always on top" checked in his/her taskbar settings. This is distracting to the end user. Is there a way to suppress the taskbar from showing if the user has this box checked?

Thanks for any suggestions or help you may think of.

[Derek]

Re: Hide the taskbar

Personally, I would leave it as is. If a user has it set to always be on top, then it's likely they don't find it distracting and that's where they want it. If they are distracted by it, they'll disable that feature, at a guess. [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

[hobbsdan]

Re: Hide the taskbar

Thanks, but that brings up a point. For this application I am using AMS4 in full screen mode w/o the menu. The start menu is not on top even though I have it set that way in my preferences; however, it does pop up on top when I run and exe.file. Any ideas why it does not show in AMS when running in full screen? I'm just looking for some consistency and want it to be the either there or not there according the the users preference.

Thanks,

[Derek]

Re: Hide the taskbar

That's what full screen does for the task bar ... full screen means full screen, so the task bar has no part in it. open IE and hit F11 ... same thing happens
That's windows for ya! [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

[hobbsdan]

Re: Hide the taskbar

Hi Derek,

Thanks for the post, but that has not been my experience with AMS4. I have tried it both ways and the task bar is not on top in AMS when the full screen is not checked. In fact, it seems to have no effect regardless. I have the box checked "taskbar always on top" in the windows setup and when I leave the full screen mode unchecked the taskbar does not appear on the top. My screen resolution is set to 1024 x 768. Any ideas? Thanks again.

[Worm]

Re: Hide the taskbar

Here is a way to hide the task bar using APIs. This could upset some users though, the taskbar will not show until you make the calls to show it. If they switch between your app to another, they're probably going to wonder what the heck is going on.

Anyhow, you asked for it [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

[Worm]

Re: Hide the taskbar

Helps if you give the URL for the download [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/crazy.gif[/img]

Download Sample

[hobbsdan]

Re: Hide the taskbar

Hey Worm Thanks,

This seems to be exactly what I was looking for. I included the actions to hide the taskbar when the project initializes, and to show the taskbar when the project closes. It seems to work good. Can you see any problems doing it that way.

I appreciate the download and your time.

[Worm]

Re: Hide the taskbar

Well...

IF for some reason they want to launch and app, or Alt-Tab to another app while in your AMS app, they're probably going to be scratching their heads wondering what happened to the taskbar.

I don't know what exactly you're needing, but if you need to hide the taskbar to get the results you want, then hide it for the least amount of time possible. If that length of time is for the duration of your app, then its your call. Well [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif[/img], I guess its your call anyhow.

Bottom line, if it works, and you're happy, then that's all that matters.

[hobbsdan]

Re: Hide the taskbar

Thanks for you thoughts and help with this. I really appreciate it.