应用程序在任务栏中

Question

Can you give me an example on how to put my application form in the taskbar? like Windows media player or Window search when minimize.

Answer 1

What you are looking for is creating an Application Desktop Toolbar (also known as AppBar). The main function you use to register your application window as an AppBar is SHAppBarMessage .

To get you started, you can look at this old appbar example with C++. If you want to do it in C#, there's a thread that discusses some details on how to do it in WPF . I am not aware of examples of how to do it with WinForms, but a quick search on the web should bring something.

Update: Actually, if you want a toolbar that sits on the taskbar, you need to implement a Deskband. Here's a sample DeskBand in C++ and here's a DeskBand in C# .

That's what happens when you don't touch a topic in a while. :-)

Answer 2

What this is really called is the 'System Tray' You want your app to have an icon in the windows system tray. Many languages provide this functionality.

Here are a few links:

http://www.codeguru.com/Cpp/COM-Tech/shell/icons/article.php/c1335

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/shell/systemtray.aspx