Dock my form on the desktop??

[M O J O]

Hi,

In the buttom of my mesktop, I have the processbar (hope that it's
called processbar, because I translated it from Danish).

If I maximize an application, the processbar is always visible.

Now I want to make my form act like the processbar and dock to the left
side of the desktop, so if the user maximizes an application then the
processbar and my form will always be visible.

(If you know "radio@netscape plus" then if you minimize it, it does
excatly what I want to do).

Hope you understand what I mean (I want to "owe" a space on the desktop :o).

Thanks in advance!
M O J O

[Tian Min Huang]

Hi M O J O,

Thanks for your post. You can use the SystemParametersInfo API by
specifying SPI_SETWORKAREA to shrink the available area for other
applications. Please refer to MSDN article on SystemParametersInfo:

SystemParametersInfo
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...us/sysinfo/bas
e/systemparametersinfo.asp

For .NET managed application, you can call this API via Platform Invoke as
described in the article below:

Consuming Unmanaged DLL Functions
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...us/cpguide/htm
l/cpconconsumingunmanageddllfunctions.asp

Hope this helps.

Regards,

HuangTM
Microsoft Online Partner Support
MCSE/MCSD

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[Tian Min Huang]

Hi M O J O,

Thanks for your post. You can use the SystemParametersInfo API by
specifying SPI_SETWORKAREA to shrink the available area for other
applications. Please refer to MSDN article on SystemParametersInfo:

SystemParametersInfo
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...us/sysinfo/bas
e/systemparametersinfo.asp

For .NET managed application, you can call this API via Platform Invoke as
described in the article below:

Consuming Unmanaged DLL Functions
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...us/cpguide/htm
l/cpconconsumingunmanageddllfunctions.asp

Hope this helps.

Regards,

HuangTM
Microsoft Online Partner Support
MCSE/MCSD

Get Secure! -- www.microsoft.com/security
This posting is provided "as is" with no warranties and confers no rights.