Creating somethink like nVidias nView Desktop Manager

[Jürgen Müllder]

Hello!

How is it possible to create somethink like that nView Desktop Manager,
which docks into the WindowsBorder of an Application left sided of the
Minimize/Maximize/Cose Button?

Is this a Win32 API or do they "just" dogging a Application to a Window by
calling the apis to get the windows size/location?


Any Informations/Help would be great!



Greetings


Jürgen

 

[Ignacio Machin \( .NET/ C# MVP \)]

Hi,


Using the framework you can do some creative stuff, like irregular forms,
etc , also by intercepting some of the windows events you can do very
creative stuff by painting yourself part of the windows for example. In your
case I have never use nView so not sure how it looks like.

I will do a search in google first, also check some of the libraries
classes , like componentOne , probably they have a similar solution in
place.


cheers,

 

[Guest]

I understand your question as ....

I have an application that when minimized needs to show up as a maximise
button on the title bar of a containing application.

For example, most apps have minimise, maximise, and close buttons, I would
like to add another to have myapp, minimise, maximise, and close ...

I could be wrong here, but if you want to have this button on a compiled
application, you CAN do it ... off the top of my head, I cannot remember for
the life of me, but there are some WM_MESSAGE(s) that you will need to
intercept etc.

Is this the problem you are querying?

 

[Matthias Kwiedor]

Hi!

Thank you for your answer.

I know that you can do alot of creative stuff with your forms. Sorry,
but i think i wrote the question with the wrong point of view.

I don't want that this "DeskBar" shows in my Forms, i want display it
(like nVidias Tool) in every (or defined) windows (like
Editor/Outlook/IE/...)



Greetings



Matthias

 

[Matthias Kwiedor]

Hi!

Thank you for your answer!

I don't want it on my own application, it should be displayed at foreign
applications like IE/Outlook/...

My question was not good, i had to descripe what this managager does.

I displays in every window you have open right besides the
Minimize/Maximize/Close Buttons with some own FunctionButtons.



Regards



Matthias