$SCREENHIDE

The $SCREENHIDE metacommand can be used to hide the main program window throughout a program.

Syntax

$SCREENHIDE

• $SCREENHIDE may be used at the start of a program to hide the main program window when using a console window.
• The _SCREENHIDE statement must be used before _SCREENSHOW can be used in sections of a program.
• QB64 metacommands cannot be commented out with apostrophe or REM.

Examples

Example: Hiding a program when displaying a message box in Windows.

$SCREENHIDE DECLARE DYNAMIC LIBRARY "user32" FUNCTION MessageBoxA& (BYVAL hWnd%&, BYVAL lpText%&, BYVAL lpCaption%&, BYVAL uType~&) END DECLARE DECLARE DYNAMIC LIBRARY "kernel32" SUB ExitProcess (BYVAL uExitCode~&) END DECLARE DIM s0 AS STRING DIM s1 AS STRING s0 = "Text" + CHR$(0) s1 = "Caption" + CHR$(0) ExitProcess MessageBoxA(0, _OFFSET(s0), _OFFSET(s1), 0)

Code by Michael Calkins

See also

• $CONSOLE, $SCREENSHOW
• _SCREENHIDE, _SCREENSHOW
• _CONSOLE

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