How to programmatically minimize a window in delphi

for the app:
Application.Minimize;

or a separate form:
ShowWindow(Form1.Handle, SW_MINIMIZED);

WindowState Readonly ???

Hello Geert : SW_MINIMIZED does not compile
Which unit is it in ?
Thanks

windows

forgot the show

SW_SHOWMINIMIZED

Works but I thought it would react as if you click in the top menu bar on the _ (minimize) button
Is there a way to have the same (so the icon is on the task bar at the botton)

SendMessage(hWin,WM_SYSCOMMAND,SC_MINIMIZE,0);
should work ok.

Hello rinfo, what is hWin ? It does not compile like that
Thanks

Hwin is for Handle of the window.
SOrry for the shortcut snippets
here is what you should be doing

var  Hwin: THandle  ;
begin
  hwin := FindWindow ('TForm1', nil);
  SendMessage(hwin,WM_SYSCOMMAND,SC_MINIMIZE,0);
end;

I have tested it.

Does not work with neither 'TForm1' nor 'Form1'

I have tested it and then posted it.
TForm1 is the name of the form you are using.
If your form name is TForm1 it should work.
Which version of window are you using.Window API works oddly in WIndow7 i will check this in windows t.

Indeed TForm1 is the form class
But it did not work on my PC (Windows Vista)