"Bill English" <nu****@comcast.net> wrote in message
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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.
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, ;).