I have a vb6 program which looks for a file (generated by another application) every so often. The file contains a command which tells my program to minimize itself. My program does this. Unfortunately, my program does not appear to continue processing information once it loses focus and becomes minimized.

The other application creates a file for my application to process. My application does not process the file until I click on it (in the taskbar), at which time it begins processing the file.

The other application is sending a command in the file telling my application to take focus and go to the vbnormal state.

Can anyone tell me what is going on once the state of my app is minimized and perhaps how to work around this problem???

THANK YOU!!

EAK