start hidden

[Msm]

I have a dialog-based app which runs loads at windows startup, but problem is i don't want to showing up this dialog at every startup so i need it to start hidden.Plz help me

[ProgramArtist]

There are many possibilities for doing that.

What exactly do you want to do?

Launching an app with putting it in the autostart folder gives you the possibilty to start it minimized (use "properties" context menu entry). But I'm not sure if this works for dialog based apps (which are not intended for running without the (modal) dialog shown).

So you can use a non-dlg app.

Maybe you can run a GUI-less message loop before the modal dialog is called (it's usually inside the InitApplication method of your app).

With regards
Programartist

[laitinen]

Have a look here: How to start your dialog application in hidden mode?

Cheers,

Laitinen

[Msm]

Have a look here: How to start your dialog application in hidden mode?

Cheers,

Laitinen

Thanks laitinen

i am useing you example it's hide application.But when i start through desktop exe then i want to show application .Plz help me

[laitinen]

What do you mean? If you start it from the desktop you want it to be visible? You might add command line arguments to your app, and use them when starting from desktop. Search for command line arguments.

[Cpp_Noob]

make ur app accepts command line
when u set up the registry entry to start the app on startup , add a command line on the
registry key

[Msm]

make ur app accepts command line
when u set up the registry entry to start the app on startup , add a command line on the
registry key

Can any one give me command line example for dialog application.Plz help me

[Nikitozz]

Can any one give me command line example for dialog application.Plz help me

BOOL CMyApp::InitInstance()
{
   // ...
  
   if (m_lpCmdLine[0] == _T('\0'))
   {
      // Create a new (empty) document.
      OnFileNew();
   }
   else
   {
      // Open a file passed as the first command line parameter.
      OpenDocumentFile(m_lpCmdLine);
   }
  
   // ...
}

[laitinen]

You should get used to check the many great FAQs here at CodeGuru. If you had done that you would have found this:

MFC General: How to process command line arguments in a MFC application?

Laitinen