Splash screen doesn't show icon in taskbar

[Mike Torrettinni 198]

I have a simple splash screen and I kind of think it should have an icon in taskbar, before Main form is shown. Right?

 

I just tested a simple example with new project and new form, and icon is not displayed - as you can see the splash screen form does open in taskbar, but without an icon.

 

 

When main form is shown, the icon is there:

 

 

So, fresh new project with empty Form1 and empty Form 5. I can add source, but really only Project.dpr is changed, all the rest are empty forms.

Here is project source:

 

program Project1;

uses
  Vcl.Forms,
  System.SysUtils,
  Unit1 in 'Unit1.pas' {Form1},
  Unit5 in 'Unit5.pas' {Form5};

{$R *.res}

begin

  Form5 := TForm5.Create(nil);
  Form5.Show;

  Application.Initialize;
  Application.CreateForm(TForm1, Form1);

  sleep(5000);

  Form5.Free;

  Application.Run;
end.

 

Is that normal for splash form to not show icon in taskbar? Any suggestions to fix this?

 

[PeterBelow 238]

What Delphi version are you using? In older versions the Application object was actually the one owning the taskbar button, all other forms used the (zero-size) window maintained by the Application object as API-level owner, and Window does not show taskbar buttons for owned windows.

[Mike Torrettinni 198]

22 minutes ago, PeterBelow said:

What Delphi version are you using? In older versions the Application object was actually the one owning the taskbar button, all other forms used the (zero-size) window maintained by the Application object as API-level owner, and Window does not show taskbar buttons for owned windows.

 I use Delphi 10.2 update 3. Does this apply to my version?

[Kryvich 165]

I tried this suggestion for Delphi 7, and it still works in Rio and Windows 7. In TForm5:

  protected
    procedure CreateParams(var Params :TCreateParams); override;
...

procedure TForm5.CreateParams(var Params: TCreateParams);
begin
  inherited;
  Params.ExStyle := Params.ExStyle OR WS_EX_APPWINDOW;
end;

 

[Mike Torrettinni 198]

12 minutes ago, Kryvich said:

I tried this suggestion for Delphi 7, and it still works in Rio and Windows 7. In TForm5:

  protected
    procedure CreateParams(var Params :TCreateParams); override;
...

procedure TForm5.CreateParams(var Params: TCreateParams);
begin
  inherited;
  Params.ExStyle := Params.ExStyle OR WS_EX_APPWINDOW;
end;

 

Oh, I didn't think this could be a Windows thing.. I have Windows 10.

 

I tried and now I get 2 taskbar buttons and no icons:

 

[Uwe Raabe 2057]

I expect to see no splash form on the taskbar in the first place - neither with or without icon. When I create a new VCL application I have an additional line after Application.Initialize which leads to that behavior:

  Application.MainFormOnTaskbar := True;

 

[Kryvich 165]

@Mike Torrettinni Check my demo app (attached). Works as needed in Windows 7 (I haven't Win10 here, sorry). Look at the project source:

program SplashApp;
uses
  SysUtils, Vcl.Forms,
  uSplashMain in 'uSplashMain.pas' {Form1},
  uSplashForm in 'uSplashForm.pas' {Form5};
{$R *.res}
begin
  Application.Initialize;
  Form5 := TForm5.Create(nil);
  try
    Application.MainFormOnTaskbar := True;
    Form5.Show;
    Form5.Update;
    Application.CreateForm(TForm1, Form1);
  Sleep(3000);
  finally
    Form5.Free;
  end;
  Application.Run;
end.

Form5 is a splash form, and Form1 is a app's main form. Also check menu Project | Options | Application | Forms. The splash Form5 is in the list of available forms (the right list).

SplashApp.zip

Edited February 2, 2019 by Kryvich

[Mike Torrettinni 198]

@KryvichThanks, in doesn't show icon in W10 and in W7 doesn't show the taskbar button at all, until main form.

This is my first time trying splash screen (my project needs 2.8-3.5s to open main form) on my PC, so probably it takes longer on more basic computers.

 

I did run some other apps, and it is true, as @Uwe Raabe mentioned, couldn't' find an application that has icon in splash scree... Delphi 10.2 doesn't show it. And as it seems is very Windows version specific behavior,

I guess I will leave it as no-icon, for now.

 

Edited February 2, 2019 by Mike Torrettinni

[Attila Kovacs 629]

@Kryvich thx, works as you described. (db login-error-form, prior to any other, including main-form created)