Robert Meek wrote:
When you have an application that runs from the tray, do you prefer
NT to have it also show up on the windows taskbar, or do you like it to
appear in both?

I tried having Winamp keep its icon in the notification area and also
appear in the taskbar. The good side effect of that is that the window
appears in the Alt+Tab list, so I can get to the window by the keyboard.
The bad side effect of that is that the window is *always* the first
item in the Alt+Tab list, which means I can no longer toggle between two
windows as quickly as usual.

Being able to focus other windows quickly eventually trumped being able
to focus Winamp occasionally, so I now have it configured to display its
icon only in the notification area.

I've tried to make this an optional setting however it
doesn't seem possible as the mainform is created one way or the other before
option settings can be read

So read the options before you create the form. read them while
you're creating it, but before CreateParams gets called. read them
afterward and change the form's attributes accordingly.

unless someone knows of a way to handle this
directly from the dpr?

A "way"? You mean besides cut and paste?

And note, the mainform of my application is used
only for basic setup code, global interface control components, the trayicon
component, and its custom popup menu codeit never actually becomes
visible nor is it accessed directly in anyway by the user!

Um, then what, exactly, would you have appear on the taskbar anyway?