We've all seen it and now I want to do it. How may I go about achieving this effect with a winforms application?
A:
Have a look at this article on how to use the new Windows 7 features in C# here and here.
Hope this helps, Best regards, Tom.
tommieb75
2010-01-27 16:08:20
this is not a windows 7 specific feature though
Joachim Kerschbaumer
2010-01-27 16:10:09
@Joachim: Thanks for the heads up! :) After I put my comment into the question, and during editing, the tags were added to indicate vista.. sorry...
tommieb75
2010-01-27 16:15:24
Sorry! I put them in because of this comment :)
George
2010-01-27 16:19:16
Actually, some of the API used is compatible with Vista...http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/WindowsAPICodePack#
tommieb75
2010-01-27 16:30:21
+4
A:
You are probably going to want to start reading about Desk Bands. It's not an easy process, and you won't be able to just put your winforms application in the task bar. It also depends on what version of Windows you want to target, as tommieb75 pointed out, the newer versions of windows have better integrating capabilities.
In addition to the above, the Windows v6.1 SDK includes a desk band example that you could check out.
scottm
2010-01-27 16:18:59