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Date:	Fri, 29 Mar 2002 18:33:13 PST7
From:	Harry Chris Motin <hmotin@attglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Application won't hide/minimize

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Steven at el:

I've been reading these communications with interest. I thought of
Steven's trick, too, and tried it out on the Watcom IDE. It did not
work, in spite of the fact that I checked the minimized box. Then, I
tried running the IDE from the commandline, using the START command with
the /MIN option. No good. If you look at the OS/2 online reference
documentation for START, it says that a PM program may choose not to
honor the /MIN parameter request.

I think you are out of luck. I believe that some apps just will not be
opened minimized. That's what I believe.

HCM

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Steven Levine wrote:
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> In <3CA3A2C1.F96AACA0@san.rr.com>, on 03/28/02
> at 06:10 PM, "Thomas A. Brown" said:
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> A couple of thoughts...
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> >Yes: start "WarpLog" /PM /MIN g:\tools\warplog\warplog.exe
>
> Since this is a PM app, start if from an Object a use the "bad name" trick
> in the Program Name field to get access to the start minimized checkbox.
> This works for many, but not all, apps.
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> >With or without the /PM, it comes up as a window covering about half of
> >the screen. When I minimize it after starting it from a command line as
> >above, it appears as an icon at the bottom of the screen. If I start it
> >from the program object in the Startup folder, it gets hidden when I
> >minimize it.
>
> This is normal behavior, TTBOMK. Apps started by PM or CMD.EXE methods
> know nothing about the Minimized Window folder. Only apps started via the
> WPS can be minimized to the folder because is action handled by by the
> WPS.
>
> Steven
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