LoadFrame, but hidden

[martho]

Hello. I have a 3rd-party MFC-app. I thought this was a simple task: I want to run the app with the main-window hidden.

So I want to CTheApp::InitInstance() where the main-window is created:

if (pFrame->LoadFrame(IDR_MAINFRAME,
		WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW, NULL, 
		NULL))
	{
		if (bShow)
		{      pFrame->ShowWindow(SW_SHOW);
			pFrame->UpdateWindow();
		}
		else
			pFrame->ShowWindow(SW_HIDE);
	}

Depending on bShow, the window should be visible or hidden.

This works in general, but LoadFrame shows the window and ShowWindow(SW_HIDE) is hiding it again, so that the user sees the window for a short time. How is it possible to hide the window from the start?

[Snakekaa]

Try

if (pFrame->LoadFrame(IDR_MAINFRAME,
WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW | ~WS_VISIBLE, NULL,
NULL))
{
if (bShow)
{ pFrame->ShowWindow(SW_SHOW);
pFrame->UpdateWindow();
}
}

[martho]

Thanks, but this didn't work either. I made a small new demo-project and found that LoadFrame doesn't show the frame by default. I guess somewhere in the code of the 3rd-party-application they are showing the window.

[FockuSS]

Sorry to bring this ancient thread again but I have the very same problem and could not figure it out how to get rid of 'blinking' main frame window. Tried PreCreateWindow, ShowWinow(SW_HIDE) but the problem is still there. Any suggestion? Thanks for your time.

[FockuSS]

Found it. Before LoadFrame() set m_nCmdShow=bShow?SW_SHOW:SW_HIDE;