Hidden Window
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At any one given time, a window may be active or inactive; hidden or
visible; and minimized, maximized, or restored. These qualities are referred
to collectively as the window show state.
A window can be either visible or hidden. The system displays a visible
window on the screen. It hides a hidden window by not drawing it. If a
window is visible, the user can supply input to the window and view the
window's output. If a window is hidden, it is effectively disabled. A hidden
window can process messages from the system or from other windows, but it
cannot process input from the user or display output. An application sets a
window's visibility state when creating the window. Later, the application
can change the visibility state.
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from...
Window Features
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...nterface/windowing/windows/windowfeatures.asp
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