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There is a .SCF file in the Windows System directory that can 'show the desktop'. In other words, minimize *all* windows. This seems to work on *all* platforms *except* Windows NT 4.0, which doesn't seem to support this file.
showdesktop=strcat(DirWindows(1),"Show Desktop.scf") If FileExist(showdesktop) ShellExecute(showdesktop,"",DirWindows(1),@NORMAL,"") EndifOr if you want to run this script on NT 4.0 or if the 'Show Desktop.scf' file doesn't exist. Give this a shot:
list=WinItemize() count=ItemCount(list,@tab) for xx=1 to count thiswin=ItemExtract(xx,list,@tab) if WinState(thiswin)==@HIDDEN then continue WinIconize(thiswin) nextor
oShell = ObjectOpen("Shell.Application") oShell.MinimizeAll ObjectClose(oShell)
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;SetupSplash iconizes all windows :setupsplash OrigWindowList=WinItemize() ;Get list of all open Windows OrigWindowCount=ItemCount(OrigWindowList,@tab) for i=1 to OrigWindowCount a=ItemExtract(i,OrigWindowList,@tab) b = WinState(a) OrigWindowState%i% = b ; Note we could hide the other windows here, but if the install ; bombs kind of bad, it leaves the user in a lurch and they ; got to reboot. Bad news. With icons they can always recover ; by themselves. if b!=@HIDDEN && b!=@ICON && WinExist(a) then WinIconize(a) next return ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;UnSplash undoes Setup Splash :UnSplash ErrorMode(@off) for i= OrigWindowCount to 1 by -1 a=ItemExtract(i,OrigWindowList,@tab) switch OrigWindowState%i% case @HIDDEN break case @NORMAL WinShow(a) break case @ICON break case @ZOOMED WinZoom(a) break end switch next ErrorMode(@cancel) return
ZOOMED, NORMAL and ICON are one set of states.
SHOWING and HIDDEN are a different set of states. WinShow goes with WinHide (if all else fails, try WinActivate).
WinZoom, WinIconize and WinShow are another set of functions.
(WinShow appears twice above. There is no easy way to handle the situation - all the possible ways of changing the Windows simply doesn't exist.)
Article ID: W13744
Filename: Code to Automatically Minimize Open Windows.txt
File Created: 2002:01:31:12:17:26
Last Updated: 2002:01:31:12:17:26