$SCREENHIDE
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The $SCREENHIDE Metacommand can be used to hide the main program window throughout a program.
- $SCREENHIDE
- $SCREENHIDE may be used at the start of a program to hide the main program window when using a console window.
- $SCREENHIDE must be used before the $SCREENSHOW Metacommand can be used!
- The _SCREENHIDE statement must be used before _SCREENSHOW can be used in sections of a program.
- QB64 Metacommands require that commenting or REM NOT be used!
Example: Hiding a program when displaying a message box in Windows.
$SCREENHIDE DECLARE DYNAMIC LIBRARY "user32" FUNCTION MessageBoxA& (BYVAL hWnd%&, BYVAL lpText%&, BYVAL lpCaption%&, BYVAL uType~&) END DECLARE DECLARE DYNAMIC LIBRARY "kernel32" SUB ExitProcess (BYVAL uExitCode~&) END DECLARE DIM s0 AS STRING DIM s1 AS STRING s0 = "Text" + CHR$(0) s1 = "Caption" + CHR$(0) ExitProcess MessageBoxA(0, _OFFSET(s0), _OFFSET(s1), 0)
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