How to hide my SmartDevice application on startup?

Question

I made a SmartDevice application that runs on startup and I want it to be hidden at first launch.

I\'ve tried this.Hide(), this.Visible =

Answer 1

The CF automatically calls Show on the Form passed to Application.Run. There is no avoiding that without avoiding the call to Application.Run.

The SDF has an Application2.Run that takes a parameter to tell it to not show the form.

You could do the same by creating your own message pump (though it's not a straightforward thing to do).