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From: Brett Ryan on 19 Feb 2007 03:50
Thanks, though the unfortunate thing about hiding the task-bar is that I
loose the application button (Ok, X... and current window name), how can I
recreate a new task-bar with simply just the window title and the application
button, I'm able to manually paint in this area, though how do I receive
events for the window changing and what sort of button I should display?
From: r_z_aret on 20 Feb 2007 16:38
On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 00:50:25 -0800, Brett Ryan
<BrettRyan(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Thanks, though the unfortunate thing about hiding the task-bar is that I
>loose the application button (Ok, X... and current window name), how can I
>recreate a new task-bar with simply just the window title and the application
>button, I'm able to manually paint in this area, though how do I receive
>events for the window changing and what sort of button I should display?

I add my own pushbutton. One welcome side effect is that I can call it
"Exit" and it can _really_ shut down the application. Another option
is to use a menu item. You could replace the Title with static text.
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From: Brett Ryan on 24 Feb 2007 07:50
Fantastic, that would do fine. How do you go about wiring up the new buttons
you have created? How do you detect when the current application has changed,
or when a new form within the current window has opened to be able to alter
the buttons you have shown?


From: r_z_aret on 27 Feb 2007 12:52
On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 04:50:03 -0800, Brett Ryan
<BrettRyan(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Fantastic, that would do fine. How do you go about wiring up the new buttons
>you have created?

Same way I support any other button. I developed my own framework
(C/C++ and Win32) that subclasses pushbuttons.


> How do you detect when the current application has changed,
>or when a new form within the current window has opened to be able to alter
>the buttons you have shown?

I don't understand this question. But in this thread, I only mentioned
an "Exit" button, and that would likely have the same label and
function for all applications. More generally, I use SetWindowText to
change the labels on buttons. And when I have buttons with multiple
functions, I use various pieces of info to determine appropriate label
and function as a program runs.



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