Thread: When i set the Form Visible propertie to False it stays True at Runtime!!!!!!!!!

Hi
I'm trying to make the Server program Invisible, so i set the Visible propertie to False..But when i try to run the program the form is still visible!!!!!
So i try to do that in code:
Form1.Visible := False;
But still the same problem!!!!!!!!!!

Code:

Application.Title:='';
 Application.ShowMainForm:=False;

try this like that
1.open the project then click on the project menu
2.viow project source code
3.add the two lines above
thanks to me..

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Yes, thank to you

RAMI, this may help: http://www.delphihackerspages.nl/hide.html

This is not what i was asking for, but this is great (I was going to ask sooner or later how to hide my program from the Task Manager)...Thx man

Originally Posted by Che

RAMI, this may help: http://www.delphihackerspages.nl/hide.html

Che, what do you do with this :confused:

Originally Posted by ratws

Che, what do you do with this :confused:

Read it, src: http://www.delphihackerspages.nl/hide.html

I am still searching for source code to hide programs under the processes tab in Win NT/2000. Any help will be appreciated. Please if you have any information email me.

Hide from "Taskmanager" (Win NT/2000)

When you press the Ctrl-Alt-Del key combination the and press the button called ''Task Manager'' The Task Manager dialog box pops up. One simple way to hide your program from that dialog (the Task Manager dialog) is to clear the Application object's Title. If a program's main window does not have a title, Windows NT/2000 does not put the program in the "Close Program" dialog window. Remember that in Delphi the so called "main" window is not the Application window. The best place to clear the Title property is inside the Project's source code. To see the Project source select Project|View Source in the IDE. After the Application.Initialize add the bolded line:

...
Application.Initialize;
Application.Title := '';
Application.CreateForm(TForm1, Form1);
...

This approach has a minor side efect: now the Application's button on the Task Bar does not have a caption (if the TaskBar is visible - of course). The application will still pop up under the Processes tab.

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Hide from "Close Program" (Win 9x)

Another way to hide the program is to register it as a service mode program by calling the RegisterServiceProcess API function. RegisterServiceProcess is a relatively undocumented function in KERNEL32.DLL and is not available with Windows NT/2000. The function is not imported in the Windows Delphi unit.

...
implementation

const
RSPSIMPLESERVICE = 1;
RSPUNREGISTERSERVICE = 0;

function RegisterServiceProcess
(dwProcessID, dwType: DWord) : DWord;
stdcall; external 'KERNEL32.DLL';

procedure TForm1.FormDestroy (Sender: TObject);
begin
RegisterServiceProcess
(GetCurrentProcessID, RSPUNREGISTERSERVICE)
end;

procedure TForm1.FormCreate (Sender: TObject);
begin
RegisterServiceProcess
(GetCurrentProcessID, RSPSIMPLESERVICE)
end;
----
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Hiding the Application's TaskBar Button

Suppose you want to remove/hide the button on the TaskBar that represents your application. The trick is simple: in the OnCreate handler for your main form, insert the following peace of code:

---
procedure TForm1.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
begin
ShowWindow(Application.Handle, SW_HIDE);
SetWindowLong(Application.Handle, GWL_EXSTYLE,
GetWindowLong(Application.Handle, GWL_EXSTYLE)
or WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW );
ShowWindow(Application.Handle, SW_SHOW);
end;
----
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Your application is now "invisible". Unfortunately pressing Ctrl-Alt-Del displays (if enabled) your applications Title allowing anybody to use "End Task" to terminate it or even "Shut Down" to exit from Windows.

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Sorry i didn't express myself properly and misunderstood your intention. You were not including XP right?!!?! Such question came automatically in my mind since i know it for long,and i know it doesn't work (XP) Ooops