I have created a program in c++ that doesn't have any GUI. When this program stars windows shown a spinning ball for about 5 seconds.
Is there any way to remove this?
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you mean your application is showing it ? or is it wait cursor from windows? – Asha Feb 24 '11 at 07:21
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Windows shows this spinning ball, some kind of processing indication.. – thenail Feb 24 '11 at 07:27
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How do you start that program? – sharptooth Feb 24 '11 at 07:36
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I think a screen shot would be really helpful in this question :) – Tim Post Feb 24 '11 at 08:35
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Interesting. Mac OS X uses a spinning ball for a wait cursor (actually, it uses for the application-not-responding-to-messages cursor). Any chance someone who wishes they had a Mac has customized your Windows installation? – Cody Gray - on strike Feb 24 '11 at 08:39
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Well yeah! They call it Windows 7.. =) – thenail Feb 24 '11 at 12:14
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I'm not completely sure, but I think it goes away if you create a top-level window. Most Windows applications intended to run from the GUI, should create a top-level window, even if they aren't intending to make it visible (Don't call ShowWindow ).
Also, you probably want to recieve some types of notifications which Windows sends to top-level windows (at least a close command when the user logs off etc).
And at some point, you'll probably want to install a notification icon, I think it's necessary to have a top-level window for the tray notification area to work (at least it was when I last used this interface in 1996).
I think anything intended to run from the GUI should create a window, even if it's an invisible one.
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Thank's for your respond, it worked perfectly! I did a CreateWindowEx, the ball disappeared after a call to GetMessage. – thenail Feb 24 '11 at 12:13