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how to restore an application from the sys tray by hwnd

hi everybody

I'm using VB6
I need to restore a program that resides in the sys tray.
I menage to write a function that finds the hwnd of the program but I can't
figure out how to restore the program from the sys tray

can someone help pls

thanks
Jul 7 '07 #1
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yolilb wrote:
hi everybody

I'm using VB6
I need to restore a program that resides in the sys tray.
I menage to write a function that finds the hwnd of the program but I can't
figure out how to restore the program from the sys tray
You would really need to talk to the authors.
If they just hide it, then you can call ShowWindow with SW_SHOW.
If they do anything more than that then you will need to find out what.

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Dean Earley (de*********@icode.co.uk)
i-Catcher Development Team

iCode Systems
Jul 7 '07 #2
thank you for your help
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yolilb wrote:
>hi everybody

I'm using VB6
I need to restore a program that resides in the sys tray.
I menage to write a function that finds the hwnd of the program but I
can't
figure out how to restore the program from the sys tray

You would really need to talk to the authors.
If they just hide it, then you can call ShowWindow with SW_SHOW.
If they do anything more than that then you will need to find out what.

--
Dean Earley (de*********@icode.co.uk)
i-Catcher Development Team

iCode Systems

Jul 7 '07 #3

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