Hi!
I have a couple of questions related to threads. My application architecture
is as follows:
My application calls a (delphi) dll. This dll creates and executes a
thread. In the thread I create and display a borderless window.
Question 1: How do I hide the created window from that task bar. My main
app has a task bar icon, but I do not want one for the window created in the
thread.
I have used ShowWindow( Appliction.Handle, sw_hide ) in the OnActivate event
of the window but without success. I guess this is because I am creating it
in a dll. What handle should I pass in?
Question 2: Each time the dll is called it creates a thread but I only want
one instance of the thread running at anyone time. How can I ensure this
happens. Can I search for my thread class and only start a new thread of I
don't find an instance of the class? Or should I keep some global variable
that has the thead id and check for that each time.
I assume I can loop round waiting for the thread to finish (or use WaitFor?)
/Richard
