Minimizing Form Before Taking Snapshot

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Can anyone tell me how to minimize our form before taking a screen shot. I'm setting minimizebox=true; but the form disappears on doing so. I want it to be visible in the task bar..

Look at the answer to this more general question (more general meaning _I want to minimize a window when I want to, that is not the main subject of the question_: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2841258/minimize-a-window-in-wpf Please try googling the question before asking it here. — Eduard Dumitru, Sep 11 '13 at 08:42
Have you tried setting `WindowState = WindowState.Minimized;` on your window? — mgttlinger, Sep 11 '13 at 08:42

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 11 '13 at 08:45

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You can set the windowState to Minimize.

window.WindowState = WindowState.Minimized;

answered Sep 11 '13 at 08:45

Lokesh

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 11 '13 at 08:43

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you must set the Windows state

this.WindowState = FormWindowState.Minimized;

answered Sep 11 '13 at 08:43

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yes, I have tried this. but when i compile it i cant see the form again. i want it to be visible down at the taskbar.. – Abid Mohammed Sep 11 '13 at 09:07
It's almost that, but it's not exactly that... I'm afraid you didn't read the tag carefully. The question is related to **WPF** not `WinForms`. – Chris Sep 11 '13 at 09:11
look here: http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/27599/Minimize-window-to-system-tray and here: http://alperguc.blogspot.de/2008/11/c-system-tray-minimize-to-tray-with.html – fecub Sep 11 '13 at 09:12

Minimizing Form Before Taking Snapshot

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