>Hi!
>
>I am trying to minimize a running application: I am sure that there is an API call that can do this.
>
>I want to:
>1. Find the window - I know the calls for this
>2. Minimize the window
>
>Does anyone know the function and its signature (parameters and their types), or even better the DECLARE statement to call from VFP?
>
>Thanks,

Hi Rick,

ShowWindow() with do want you want. Here's the necessary info

#define SW_HIDE             0
#define SW_SHOWNORMAL       1
#define SW_NORMAL           1
#define SW_SHOWMINIMIZED    2
#define SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED    3
#define SW_MAXIMIZE         3
#define SW_SHOWNOACTIVATE   4
#define SW_SHOW             5
#define SW_MINIMIZE         6
#define SW_SHOWMINNOACTIVE  7
#define SW_SHOWNA           8
#define SW_RESTORE          9
#define SW_SHOWDEFAULT      10
#define SW_FORCEMINIMIZE    11
#define SW_MAX              11
DECLARE INTEGER ShowWindow IN Win32API;
  INTEGER hWnd, INTEGER nCmdShow

The first parameter is the window handle. The second should be one of the values shown in the defines.

hth,