window_hide

#Window.Hide

##Syntax Window.Hide (windowID : int)

##Description The Window.Hide procedure hides the specified window. This means it disappears from the user's screen. However, it is still possible to select and draw the window while it remains hidden. If the user activates it (using Window.GetActive) it will automatically appear.

To make a window appear after it's hidden, you use Window.Show.

##Details When a window is hidden, output to it is faster. It is quite possible for the you to hide a window, do complicated drawing to it and then make it appear in order to have the program execute faster.

##Status Exported qualified.

This means that you can only call the function by calling Window.Hide, not by calling Hide.

##See also window_select.html and window_setactive.html.