How to Duplicate Rocket Dock functionality

Question

I recently added RocketDock to my computer and love it. It simulates the dock functionality from OS X. I want to add this docking/hiding feature to one of my C# programs.

How do I program the ability to hide and show the dock when I roll over a certain space on my desk top?

I understand this may be pretty difficult so just a nudge in the right direction is all I'm really looking for. Right now I have no idea what to even look for.

also I don't know if the desktop development tag applies, if not feel free to remove.

Answer 1

You're going to need to look into the Win32 API for this kind of stuff.

Answer 2

I would say to take a look at Windows Presentation Foundation. In fact, CodePlex already has an implementation of what you want... not sure how good it is.