sorry, i meant system tray, i wrote this in a rush earlier and didn't read over it. Dorin pointed me in the right direction, i didn't know that there was a sample in vfp8 covering this.
~M

>Can you explain? Isn't that the way all applications work?
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>>hi all,
>>i want to write a small app that when minimised reduces to an icon in the taskbar beside the time but when double clicked opens up a simple form, in the same way the the task manager behaves. has anyone done this or can point me in the right direction please.
>>~M