Windows Form Caption and Task Bar Text

[BigKev]

Does anybody know if it is possible to have the Task Bar Text for a Window/Form different to the Window/Form Caption Text and if so can it be done via code (VB .NET)?

I've Googled to no avail.

Cheers,
Kevin

[HansV]

The form caption and taskbar caption are inextricably connected. As far as I know, you need to use a rather dirty trick:

Set your form's ShowInTaskbar property to False.

Open another form with ShowInTaskbar set to True; this one has the caption you want to show in the taskbar.
Position this form off the screen and minimize it, and make clicking on the taskbar activate the other form:

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Private Sub Form_Activate()
  Me.WindowState = vbMinimized
  Form1.Show
End Sub

where Form1 is the name of the visible form.

[BigKev]

The form caption and taskbar caption are inextricably connected. As far as I know, you need to use a rather dirty trick:

Set your form's ShowInTaskbar property to False.

Open another form with ShowInTaskbar set to True; this one has the caption you want to show in the taskbar.
Position this form off the screen and minimize it, and make clicking on the taskbar activate the other form:

Code: Select all

Private Sub Form_Activate()
  Me.WindowState = vbMinimized
  Form1.Show
End Sub

where Form1 is the name of the visible form.

Sneaky. I like it. I will give it a try.

Thanks and regards,
Kevin