>hi Phil,
>
>I have a question,
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>How can you make a report form preview to not display on the screen and have it minimize at the run time?
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>I am having to modify a program someone did, There is a report that they run. when they run the report, the preview screen comes up , if they minimize the window, it comes back on and maximize on the screen with the next new group in the report.
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>this keeps them not able to use the computer while they run this report, which takes about 10 min(depends on the selection they do in the program)
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>I check the codes, but there is nothing written to act this way.
>I can send it to the printer, but some times they want to look at it on the screen.
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>what is your advise?
>Any solutions?
>I thought, may be if I can keep it minimize while it is running, it might solve the problem.
>
>
>Thanks Phil
>Lal


Hi Sal,

Is the report a Crystal Report report, or a VB report designer report? I am not sure how you would manage the windows like you want, if there are no parameters or properties in the report generator itself that control the display. Have you checked for such things?

You may be able to do something with the window handles via Windows API calls, but I have never tried that. Ed Rauh would be the one to ask about the API approach.

You want the report window to remain minimized until the report has been completely generated, correct?