>Hello,
>
>I have seen the last variable in the ShellExecute command (nShowCmd) be a 1 or a 0. I use 1 and most of my users for example get Word open in the maximized view. Some users get just a 'button' on the windows status bar. I just noticed that most of the example use "0" in the API section. What exactly does this variable do??
>
>Thanks,
>
>Kevin
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>DECLARE INTEGER ShellExecute IN "Shell32.dll" ;
> INTEGER hwnd, ;
> STRING lpVerb, ;
> STRING lpFile, ;
> STRING lpParameters, ;
> STRING lpDirectory, ;
> LONG nShowCmd

Kevin,

It controls the Window state of the application. Here are the constants

#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

The description of these can be found in platform SDK under either ShowWindow() or ShellExecute().