Deciding whether an window is visible in taskbar

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I am developing a task-switcher. I need to decide whether an window is visible on taskbar. I have the HWND of the window.

This is a .NET/Native hybrid app with many P/Invokes. Well, the window class styles decide this but my question is which styles?

Thanks.

EDIT: The window may not necessarily be managed.

Posted 30-Apr-13 19:35pm

AlphaDeltaTheta

Updated 30-Apr-13 21:31pm

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Vishvesh Roach · Answer 1 · 2013-04-30T19:56:00

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why not change the "ShowInTaskbar" property of the form to false?!

Posted 30-Apr-13 19:56pm

Vishvesh Roach

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AlphaDeltaTheta 1-May-13 3:35am

The problem is thw HWND may not necessarily be managed. I have thought of this property but this app enumerates the top level windows currently visible and determines an action in my app. I got a similar post on SO that suggested to examine window styles (that's the only way for an unmanaged window) but couldn't get the perfect result. The test case failed for IE window.