how do i put an application on the taskbar ?

[Billy Reaves]

I have written a drag/drop application to work with an imaging storage
system, but i need the program to always be running and visible so that i can drag and drop the image files to be moved to the image storage.

So decide to try and put it on the taskbar, not in the tray area.

I have seen address bars on the taskbar so i know it can be done.

Does anybody have sample code to do this ?

Thanks

Billy

[Peter Lameijn]

If you want it on the normal Taskbar outside the system tray, just run the application minimized...

[Mike Doty]

Might this be referring to the Quick Launch Toolbar?
I install an icon to it using InnoSetup.
Making it appear:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/tips/quicklaunch.mspx

Quick Launch with 64-bit?
As I recall, it doesn't exist in 64-bit Vista (not sure.) They do some ridiculous pinning.

http://www.msfn.org/board/lofiversion/index.php/t80321.html

If this is about the Quick Launch Toolbar, this is how to do it using InnoSetup.
How to do it yourself is unknown.

[Icons]
Name: "{userappdata}\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Your Program"; Filename: "{app}\start.exe"; Tasks: "quicklaunchicon"; IconfileName: {app}\myiconname.ico; WorkingDir: {app}; Flags: closeonexit

[Billy Reaves]

no,

What I was looking for is something like the way yahoo and google put their address bar on the taskbar.

I need the program to show a small window on the taskbar so that I can drag and drop onto it.

If I just minize the program then if they have several programs running then the program on the taskbar could re-size to small to tell what it is.

Billy

[Mike Doty]

Interesting.
Google "create toolbar" finds many.

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/toolbars/CreatingDynamicToolbars.aspx

PB:

http://www.powerbasic.com/support/pbforums/showthread.php?t=39646

[Billy Reaves]

[Jeff Blakeney]

It looks like you are trying to put a "control" on the taskbar and not an "application". I have no idea how you would do this nor would I ever even try to do it. My taskbar gets pretty full even with only two or three tray icons and the QuickLaunch toolbar turned off.

What is wrong with writing a normal application and having them drag files to its button on the taskbar? I don't think the window needs to be visible to allow drag and drop operations. I'm pretty sure I've seen programs do this. Also, if you drag a file to a button on the taskbar and hover there for a second, that window will be brought to the front so you can drop the file into whatever control you want on that window.

[Billy Reaves]

Jeff,

The end users here at the company I work for run mult applications sometimes they fill up the task bar,
and when they do the task bar application buttons shrink.

I also wanted to control where the application was on the task bar.

The end users here are mostly data entry, and sometimes temps from a
temp service. So I wanted the windows on all computers to look the same
for ease of use.

Billy

[Jules Marchildon]

appears it's possible but not so easy... http://www.codeproject.com/KB/status...skbarctrl.aspx

[Billy Reaves]

Jules,

Thanks for the link.

I will check it out.

Billy