PC Win: Mail Will Not Start Minimized from Word Macro (103456)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Mail for Windows 3.0
- Microsoft Mail for Windows 3.0b
- Microsoft Mail for Windows 3.2
This article was previously published under Q103456 SYMPTOMS
You cannot use a Microsoft Word for Windows macro to start version 3.0,
3.0b, or 3.2 of Microsoft Mail for Windows minimized with the Shell
command. For example, when you use the following query, Mail launches,
but it is not minimized.
shell "c:\msmail\msmail.exe", 0
CAUSE
To find out if it should launch minimized, Mail checks for the flag
SW_SHOWMINNOACTIVE, which is ordinal 7. However, the Word for Windows
Shell command only passes ordinals 0 to 4 to another application. The
Shell command passing out a 0 is equivalent to sending the flag
SW_SHOWMINIMIZED, but Mail does not check that flag.
Mail should check SW_SHOWMINIMIZED instead of (or in addition to)
SW_SHOWMINNOACTIVE.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in versions 3.0, 3.0b, and 3.2
of Microsoft Mail for Windows. We are researching this problem and
will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it
becomes available.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 11/19/2003 |
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| Keywords: | KB103456 |
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