Hiding the Startup Form

As part of my holiday weekend, I created an intray application aimed at tracking the build status in a continuous build environment.  To complete the aesthetics of the app, I wanted my initial form to be hidden immediately upon startup.  A quick Google of the problem found the following MSDN page.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vbcon/html/vbtsksettingformtobeinvisibleatitsinception.asp

What concerned me is that it mentions that, without using Application.Run, there is the possibility that certain functionality wouldn't work.  I never liked wondering what *might* go wrong with my code (I have too much problem with what *does* go wrong).  With a little bit of experimentation, I found that the following variation gives me the desired result.

public static Main(string[] args)
{
   YourForm form = new YourForm();
   Application.Run();
}

Additionally, when you are exiting the form, it is important to remember that the message pump initiated by Application.Run needs to be shut down.  As a result, you need to include the statement 

Application.Exit();

as part of the form shutdown process.