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2008-01-17 12:58:30 PM
delphi184
I've posted the problem about "blank" taskbar icon keeps appearing on my Rad
Studio IDE after update #3 and was told that it was a known issue. Now my
application is getting extra "blank" taskbar as well just like Rad Studio
after the update #3. I am running Vista Ultimate. This seems to happen if my
splash screen stays on too long. It does not appear right away, but, couple
seconds into loading my application. Even when my splash screen is freed
the taskbar icon stays visible. Can somebody shade the light on this issue
because it seems to be similar thing that happens to Rad Studio IDE Update
3? I need a workaround.
Suri
 

Same problem here
 

Ok, the problem seems to come from the option "Application.MainFormOnTaskbar
:= True;". Try turning this on way after you are done with the
initialization of your app. (In my case after all Application.CreateForm()
because my initializations are done within OnFromCreate(s) ). This seems to
do the trick.
Example:
program Project1;
uses
Forms,
Unit1 in 'Unit1.pas' {Form1},
FrmAbout in 'FrmAbout.pas' {FormAbout};
{$R *.res}
begin
Application.Initialize;
ShowSplash();
Application.CreateForm(TForm1, Form1);
HideSplash();
//-- turn this on after we are done with all the initializations
Application.MainFormOnTaskbar := True;
Application.Run;
end.
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