Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 16:58:31 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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On Mon, 7 May 2001, Tim Van Holder wrote:

> > It's true that you can put "Minimized" in the "Run" property, but that
> > still doesn't prevent the window from being maximized by the user,
> > which is what I believe Michelle was looking for.
> 
> Maybe you could use the VXD call mechanism to call a Windows API
> function to either disable maximization or hide the window (which I 
> expect would be equally acceptable).

It's possible that this could be done, but I've never seen a description 
how.  And the back-door of calling VxDs is a moving target anyway, and is 
also notoriously undocumented.  So...

As for hiding the window--what exactly did you mean by that?