Dock on Desktop

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Does anyone know how to dock a window on the desktop? A good example is AOL Instant Messenger. It has the option to dock on the desktop. When docked, it takes the sizable tool FormBorderStyle.
 
Bill English said:
Does anyone know how to dock a window on the desktop? A good example is
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AOL Instant Messenger. It has the option to dock on the desktop. When
docked, it takes the sizable tool FormBorderStyle.don't get mad if I ask a stupid question. Thanks.

Hi Bill.

This is not a trivial task. However, there are plenty of components that
does this for you.
I have none written in C#, but I could direct you to a couple of free open
Delphi components.
However, porting Delphi VCL to C# WinForm is quite a challange.

Anyways, happy coding.

- Michael S
 
Bill English said:
Does anyone know how to dock a window on the desktop? A good example is
AOL Instant Messenger. It has the option to dock on the desktop. When
docked, it takes the sizable tool FormBorderStyle.
Click to expand...

Yes, this is a feature of windows called an "appbar" or an Application
Desktop Toolbar. It requires some windows specific calls to set up the
application, so you have to do some goop work if you want to write it
entirely from scratch. There is a good article on it at
http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/csdoesshell3.asp
That article also provides a base class that will do the work for you if you
are just looking to write the application, not learn how to do it, ;).
 
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