How to have an invisible start up form?

Question

I have an application that is a part of a solution of projects. In this project I would like for it to start up form to be invisible, but still have a notification icon in t

Answer 1

Here is another way that I've found to do this.

Set the form properties with

ShowInTaskbar = False

Then in the form's constructor add

WindowState = FormWindowState.Minimized

This is very easy to implement and works with no flicker. In my case I also use a NotifyIcon to access the program from the notification tray and just set

WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal
Show()
BringToFront()

In the Notify_MouseClick event handler.

To hide the form again after displaying it, just minimizing again doesn't quite do the job. In my case I use the Form_Closing event and just hide the form.

Hide()