Hiding window from taskbar in C# with WinAPI
Believe me, I have Googled it and expected it to be a fairly easy find - turns out it isn't. I have my window handle, but no form. How do I do it? Thanks! ...
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How to get program's position on the taskbar?
Because I disabled the default windows style in my application, I don't have the default(Vista/7) minimize effect when the application is minimized/restored. I made up that effect, but I don't know program's position on the taskbar, and therefore the window fades in the bottom center. How do I get my application's position on the taskba...
Win XP Autohide feature not working when Eclipse is running
I am running Eclipse with Windows XP. I have my desktop taskbar set to Autohide. When I pull the mouse to the bottom of the screen the taskbar/Start menu pops up as expected EXCEPT when Eclipse is running. When Eclipse is running, the only way to get the taskbar to pop up is to manually minimize all windows, then drag the mouse to the...
C# Programmatically disabling Taskbar functionality
When you open internet explorer or mozilla, a new task in the task bar pops out. When you right click this taskbar item it saids Restore, move, size, minimize, maximize, close. Now i have an application that does not use size, minimize,maximize or close. Can someone give me a quick lead or heads up in order to disable them? Thanks i...
How can I create a taskbar with C#?
I want to create a taskbar in C#, but I don't know where to begin. I don't know how to get the current open windows. I don't know how to get the system tray icon's. The second is the one I have more problems with. I think I found a solution for the first one on the internet. (http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/satisharveti/Enhanced...
java jdialog taskbar button
hi, i'm traying a jdialog on linux, but it still appears in my taskbar. this is the code? what's wrong? import javax.swing.JDialog; public class Main { public static void main(String [] args) { new mydialog(); } private static class mydialog extends JDialog { public mydialog() { super(); ...
What API function do I need to use to know if a windows is beeing shown in the taskbar?
I am making a taskbar in C# and I know how to get a list of open windows, but I must know what windows I must show in the taskbar. How can I do this? ...
How to get taskbar background color
Hi I have notifyIcon located at the notifyArea of the Win7 taskbar. This Icon contain dynamic text info - Black text on the trasparent bitmap. So, with Standard Windows theme (light) information readable but with other "dark" windows themes not. I want to get taskbar background color and eventually draw Icon with appropriate color (ex...
Triggering taskbar button flash from batch file?
Is it possible to trigger Windows' "flash the task bar button X times or until the window comes to the foreground" behavior from a batch file? I'm trying to call the user's attention to a long-running script upon completion. Using an external program to trigger the flashing is fine, as long as it doesn't require an install (i.e. the ex...
Python Tool Windows
TL.attributes('-toolwindow', True) I'm making a GUI in Tkinter that uses a tool window, is there anyway to make this window show up in the task bar? ...
How would I find the height of the task bar?
In my windows application, I am trying to find the height of the task bar. While I can hard program this into my program, I would like to find it programmatically to support past, present (win7) and future windows versions. So, how would I do this? ...
Android : Floating Clickable Icon over Screen?
There's an Android Application called Smart Taskbar that manages to Pin a small SemiTransparent Icon over the screen...The icon remains visible over ALL the activites (including the home screen). The Icon is Clickable (/Touchable), and it does popopen a Small Popup window which the user can interact with. I'm very interested in how this...
How to programmatically move windows taskbar (take two)
Hello. First of all, i know there is a similarly phrased question in SO, but it hasn't been answered properly, and most of the discussion around it fell unto the "you shouldn't be doing that". So lets start by the basics. Why this is needed. I work on a company that handed out a few dozen tablet netbooks to our workers. As you know, n...
How do you call Win7 Taskbar API via Ruby Win32API module?
I am writing plugins for Google SketchUp using their Ruby API. One of the common problems we (SketchUp scripters) have is that when a script is performing intensive operations it locks up the SketchUp UI and there is no way to see the progress of the current process. What I would like to do is call the new Taskbar API in Windows7 in a h...
Launching a Child Process and the windows 7 taskbar
We have an application that self-updates using a Laucher.exe process which copies down new App.exe and DLLs from a server then runs them in a separate process. This was all working very well until the arrival of the Windows 7 taskbar... Problem is in Windows 7, if the user pins the Launcher.exe to the task bar (by right-clicking the sh...
Information needed on how to code for Windows 7 Taskbar in c#
Hello, What i know so far about how to code for win 7 taskbar features is that i can either use .net 4 or WinAPI code pack in .net3.5 or pinvoke. My question is that can i code for win 7 task bar features using .net3.0 or prev and using pinvoke can i use features such as thumbnail toolbar, jumplist, overlay icon Thanks ...
Closing a Task Tray app
I have a set of server apps that run in the task tray. I'm trying to write a little server management app in c# that can gracefully close the applications. However I'm having trouble figuring out how to do it. I can get the process (an instance of the Process class). Calling Process.CloseMainWindow() doesn't work. You don't get a Pr...
Pin this program to taskbar option missing in my C# application
All programs I have tried so far in Windows 7 have a 'Pin this program to taskbar' item when right-clicking them in the task bar. I have a C# program that only shows 'Close Window' and nothing else. It is build with C# 2010 Express, and targets .NET 3.5 framework. I can't find any reason why no other options show up or any properties I ...
Is there any way for windows 7 taskbar to show the index of the app
As you might know, the taskbar supports shortcuts like Win+1, Win+2...But i have to count the applications listed in the taskbar to find out the shortcut combination. I'd like to know if there is any way for the win7 taskbar to show the index of the application icon. TIA ...
Detect "always combine, hide labels" taskbar option
In Windows 7, the default option in the taskbar properties for "taskbar buttons" is "always combine, hide labels". Is there a way to detect whether this option is actually selected on the user's system? Essentially I want to know whether my app's taskbar button has a label or not. I use Delphi but I should be able to translate any Win...