Mulitple task bar buttons for a LabVIEW executable

[Zador]

I have lost count of how many times people asked me why my application has 2 buttons on the Windows task bar. Today I set out to discover why indeed.

After a few tries I established that LabVIEW 7.1 executables generate either one or two buttons on the Windows task bar when running. The difference seems to stem from the Window Appearance settings in the VI Properties. For example, an executable built from a VI with "default" appearance will create 2 buttons, while the one from a "dialog" VI - only one.

Since I normally use custom window appearence, I tried to pinpoint the specific property the controlls this behavior. So far it's still not clear.

Has anyone looked into this?

[altenbach]

Create an ini file for your application, containing the following line:

HideRootWindow=True

For more details, see e.g.:

http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=170&message.id=48575#M48575

[Zador]

It worked! Thank you! Zador.