c# - Hiding forms on startup: why doesn't this.Hide() hide my form?

Question

I wanted to hide the main window of my app on startup, so I put this in the constructor:

this.Hide();

This doesn't hide my form though. It seems like I can only get buttons to hide the form. Am I doing something wrong here?

Answer 1

you can use this line of code. It wont hide it, but it will be minimized:

this.WindowState = FormWindowState.Minimized;

in addition, if you don't want it showing on the task bar either, you can add this line:

this.ShowInTaskbar = false;

But why do you create the form if you don't want it to be visible in the first place?