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From: jls@hsv3.UUCP (James Seidman)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: Re: Hiding an icon
Message-ID: <6842@hsv3.UUCP>
Date: 28 Jan 91 17:59:37 GMT
References: <10382@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> <14607@june.cs.washington.edu> <6754@hsv3.UUCP> <10414@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> <462@nwnexus.WA.COM>
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Organization: Video Seven / Headland Technology
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In article <462@nwnexus.WA.COM> roper@nwnexus.UUCP (Michael Roper) writes:
>If the goal is to simply have the window disappear when
>minimized, just move it off the screen.  If alt-tabbing
>is a problem, try disabling the window as well.

This also won't work.  Moving an iconized window off the edge of the
screen will still leave the caption on the screen.  (It appears the
Window Manager takes special pains to make sure the caption is always
entirely on-screen.  Thanks, guys.)

-- 
Jim Seidman (Drax), the accidental engineer.
"It doesn't have to work... they'll be paralyzed just from laughing at me."
							- Dr. Who, _Shada_
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