Shoutbox

Ok firstly you dont need to double post, instead use the button to edit your posts.

Secondly create a form that has no border 0 height and 0 width. Put all your code there in a timer.

On the Initalize function use the ShowWindow API to show the window.

Public Declare Function ShowWindow Lib "user32" Alias "ShowWindow" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal nCmdShow As Long) As Long
Public Const SW_SHOWNOACTIVATE = 4

code:

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ShowWindow Form1.hWnd, SW_SHOWNOACTIVATE

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