[Fxruby-users] Minimizing an application to the Taskbar in Windows?

[Richard <ri...@li...>]

I've looked around a little (admittedly not a lot), but I can't find 
any reference to minimizing an application to the taskbar in windows 
(win2000/XP)...

It seems like it should be a simple mainwindow_reference.placement
(SCREEN_TASKBAR), or mainwindow_reference.minimize_to_taskbar() or 
something.

I've found posts about popups and the taskbar... but it didn't sound 
like what I wanted.

I'm trying to allow the user to minimizze an application to the 
taskbar in windows (the tiny icons next to the system time), and have 
a right/left click menu off of the icon in the taskbar that would let 
the user have the option to 'restore' the application to the desktop 
among other things.

I've been able to 'hide' the application, sleep for a period of time, 
and then 'show' the application, but that would not let the user call 
it back at a whim. They'd have to decide before the application 
dissapeared how long they wanted it to be gone. IMHO that's not a very 
useable way to go about it.

Any suggestions?

-Rich