So maybe the Q is:

Can you show an icon other than your parent's, on Alt+Tab?

It's a good question. I'm guess it should be possible though I don't know
how. Keep tinkering, if/when you get it drop me a line!


Referring to your previous post -

However, reinstating SW_MINIMIZE also reinstated that pesky
floating Win 3.1-style minimized title bar

Not sure why that was happening for you - you're not by any chance
re-showing an already loaded form, that could indeed cause your floating
window (I mean doing myForm.Show again while already loaded).

whereas xferring my parentage to Desktop invokes
post-Win 3.1 behavior of hiding it at 3000,3000??

A hidden window's x:y is given a notional -32000:-32000. However you can't
simply move the hidden window (say with the MoveWindow API) back onto the
desktop to make visible.

Regards,
Peter T



"Jim Luedke" wrote in message
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I just realized:

By changing UserForm's GWL_HWNDPARENT to the Desktop, it's the
Desktop's icon (the generic Windows icon) that shows on Alt+Tab.

It also explains why, when an icon appeared sporadically on Alt+Tab
before, it was a second Excel icon, since Excel was my parent window.

So maybe the Q is:

Can you show an icon other than your parent's, on Alt+Tab?

'Cause as I said, WM_SETICON displays ICON_SMALL just fine (form and
Taskbar), but fails to execute ICON_BIG (Alt+Tab).

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