LabVIEW application window

I heard some time ago that there is a way to eliminate/hide the LabVIEW Application Window in the development environment, does anyone know how to do that?? It's causing me serious problems with my TestStand modal dialogs...
This is the one...
Thanx...
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Were you not able to get the modal dialog working using the method that we spoke of on this thread: http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=330&message.id=14315&view=by_date_ascending&page=3
If not, did you try the example that ships with TestStand for using modal dialogs? As I said on the post, I was able to successfully call your VI as a modal VI from TestStand. Please follow those suggestions and let us know if you are not able to get that working.
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Andy McRorie
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