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* $SCREENHIDE may be used at the start of a program to hide the main program window when using a [[$CONSOLE|console]] window. | * $SCREENHIDE may be used at the start of a program to hide the main program window when using a [[$CONSOLE|console]] window. | ||
* The [[_SCREENHIDE]] statement must be used before [[_SCREENSHOW]] can be used in sections of a program. | * The [[_SCREENHIDE]] statement must be used before [[_SCREENSHOW]] can be used in sections of a program. | ||
Revision as of 22:29, 31 January 2023
The $SCREENHIDE metacommand can be used to hide the main program window throughout a program.
Syntax
Description
- $SCREENHIDE may be used at the start of a program to hide the main program window when using a console window.
- The _SCREENHIDE statement must be used before _SCREENSHOW can be used in sections of a program.
- QB64 metacommands cannot be commented out with apostrophe or REM.
Examples
Example: Hiding a program when displaying a message box in Windows.
$SCREENHIDE DECLARE DYNAMIC LIBRARY "user32" FUNCTION MessageBoxA& (BYVAL hWnd%&, BYVAL lpText%&, BYVAL lpCaption%&, BYVAL uType~&) END DECLARE DECLARE DYNAMIC LIBRARY "kernel32" SUB ExitProcess (BYVAL uExitCode~&) END DECLARE DIM s0 AS STRING DIM s1 AS STRING s0 = "Text" + CHR$(0) s1 = "Caption" + CHR$(0) ExitProcess MessageBoxA(0, _OFFSET(s0), _OFFSET(s1), 0) |
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