undocked toolbars show up when app not visible

Hi,

Loading ACAD from VB6 like this:
Set AcadApp = CreateObject("AutoCAD.Application.15")

any undocked toolbar shows up flotating in the windows desktop.
Looks pretty wierd with no AutoCAD behind.
There's no need to set the visible property to False since that is the
default, but doing so doesn't help a bit.

Doing this will hide them:
AcadApp.WindowState = acMin

But still, while AutoCAD is loading, they show up for a couple of seconds,
just long enough to make things look bad.

Anyone know how to get rid of that problem ?
(acad 2002, vb6 sp5, XP pro all sps applied)

 

Jorge,

I believe you need to change your desktop to use Windows Classical instead
of Windows XP style and the issue will go away. I know the XP style causes
other issues with the visibility of controls within forms, too.

HTH,

Mike

 

Thanks for the info.
Hate to switch to Windows Classical though. Is there any other way ?

 

I've seen the same problem with Windows 2000.

Regards - Nathan

 

Uhmm, interesting.!

 

I had the same problem, too. What I did was minimizing (or hiding) ACAD app
since all controls/menus/toolbars get loaded. As they do, I maximize the app
window and leave it on. During menu loading (acad is minimized) the toolbars
got loaded and showed up against the desktop (huh). Now I do it other way
round - first load menus with all toolbars hidden, then maximize the app and
"turn on" toolbars.

P.S. You will also notice that minimized ACAD app somehow gets maximized for
the time of switching to the user profile different than the current one.
Then gets minimized again, on it's own. Funny...

Regards,
Maksim Sestic