Hide form at launch

Question

I have a program which only needs a NotifyIcon to work as intended. So I've been trying to get the main form to hide when the program starts.

In frmMain_Load, I tried both

this.Hide();
this.Visible = false;

without success.

They work in other methods, like in the NotifyIcon_MouseClick-method, but I want it to hide at Load.

I saw in another question here at SO where Matias suggested this:

BeginInvoke(new MethodInvoker(delegate
{
    Hide();
}));

This works, but when I launch the program I can see the form flashing real fast. It's better than nothing, but I wonder if there is any better solution to this.

Thanks.

Answer 1

// In Your Program.cs Convert This
static void Main()
{
    Application.EnableVisualStyles();
    Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
    Application.Run(new Form1());
}

// To This
static void Main()
{
    Application.EnableVisualStyles();
    Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
    Form1 TheForm = new Form1();
    Application.Run();
}

// Call Application.Exit() From Anywhere To Stop Application.Run() Message Pump and Exit Application