I am creating a java program that behaves like the Windows' start menu. I want it to run at startup and keep running in the background. When the user clicks application icon i want the window to become visible and again dissapear when the user is finished. The reason i want it to keep running in background is to make the window appear quickly as there are lots of images that need to be preloaded.
I assume that your java application is based on Swing/AWT.
Step1: In Batch file/Shell script, please add & symbol at last and the java program will run it in background.
Example: Content of batch file / shell script
java XYZ &
Step2: Please ensure that the your application has toplevel container which consists of
Sub container which has Icon (which is visible always)
Sub container like Jpanel/JFrame are initially drawn/painted with 'hide' option.
It ensures that your application is not visible to normal user, but icon container is visible
Step3: Based on user action on icon cotainer, you will hide/show the sub container of JPanel/JFrame.
Step3: Please ensure that icon of your application