Running A Program In The Background, No Taskbar Icon.

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Running A Program In The Background, No Taskbar Icon.

Post by Googie85 » Wed Sep 23, 2020 2:06 am

Hi Guys,

I was just wondering if I could create a program that doesn't appear in the taskbar. Basically a program running in the background.

Many Thanks,

Googie.

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Re: Running A Program In The Background, No Taskbar Icon.

Post by FourthWorld » Wed Sep 23, 2020 4:11 am

Any LiveCode standalone can be run facelessly from the command line with the -ui flag, e.g.:

MyProgramName -ui

You'll want to handle the startup message in the stack script as your entry point for execution.

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Re: Running A Program In The Background, No Taskbar Icon.

Post by jacque » Wed Sep 23, 2020 6:18 pm

If I remember right, setting the stack mode to "modeless" prevents it from showing in the task bar.
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