Hacker’s Guide to Visual FoxPro
An irreverent look at how Visual FoxPro really works. Tells you the inside scoop on every command, function, property, event and method of Visual FoxPro.
ShowInTaskbar
This property, added in VFP 7, determines whether a top-level form has a presence in the Windows taskbar.
Usage
lIsInTaskbar = frmForm.ShowInTaskbar
Top-level forms let us create windows that aren’t confined to the main VFP window. By default, top-level forms also appear in the Windows taskbar. This logical property lets you decide whether a given form should have a presence there or not. The property is ignored unless ShowWindow = 2-Top-level form.
You have to set this property in the Property Sheet; it’s read-only at runtime. That’s probably because of the way that Windows deals with stand-alone windows.
Incidentally, _SCREEN has this property, too, but it’s useless there since it’s read-only all the time.
Example
IF NOT ThisForm.ShowInTaskbar
WAIT WINDOW "No taskbar presence for me"
ENDIF