Thanks for your response - I just posted a reponse to sallushan's post so you can read my response to him there... - Sorry it took so long for me to repsond back to you too - I was very grateful to see your response. The only thing I'd found that seemed similar to what I was looking for was exactly what you suggested; I had found a couple of links that showed how to implement a "Hello World" band object: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/shell/dotnetbandobjects.aspx - it makes it seem like it should be easy like most hello world programming samples.
I think though I will take you and sallushan's advice and just do something with a simple vb.net project. I'll try and remember to post when I get the project to work. Thanks again! On Jan 31, 6:47 am, Kaarthik Padmanabhan <[email protected]> wrote: > That is a very interesting requirement. What you are asking for is called > "Bands" in WinXP. (not sure how it is treated in Vista) > You basically add a toolbar to your taskbar for this specific application of > yours. Many applications like Windows Media Player, iTunes, Nero do that. > > It can be done as a VC++ app and then you have add the CLSID of it to the > registry appropriately as explained in this link from > MSDN:http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb776819.aspx > > If I were you, maybe I would look for alternative solutions, like the one > suggested by sallushan. > > Having said that, how about this - > > When you minimize this app of yours, you can move it to the task manager > with a nice icon and code all your commands as items on a context menu. > So you can simply right click your icon from the task manager and select any > of the options you want. > Implementing this is a lot more simpler than trying to get a deskband. > > Kaarthik,http://coding-passion.blogspot.com
