Custom Active Desktop Application

[Olie]

I need to create a application that acts as an Active Windows Desktop.
I can currently get a form with controls to behave like the desktop and
I use API functions (SetPosition()) to force it to always be on the
bottom. The problem is that the code to force it to be on the bottom
does not always work. There are ways to get the desktop to come to the
front and hide all the other windows.

I thought about drawing the window directly to the desktop but in this
situation any controls on the form stop working.

I need the form to always sit under all the windows and never come to
the front. What is the best way to do this if any.

 

[Mattias Sjögren]

I need to create a application that acts as an Active Windows Desktop.

Couldn't you just create a control and host it on the Active Desktop?
I wouldn't do that in managed code though.


Mattias

 

[Olie]

Couldn't you just create a control and host it on the Active Desktop?

I wouldn't do that in managed code though.

That would mean I would have to have explorer installed on the target
device and I do not. The device is running windows embedded without
explorer and for other reasons can not have explorer installed.