Custom Taskbar

[idan_jl]

Hi!,

I'm trying to make an internet cafe system, I disabled the ctrl+alt+del, alt+tab, hide the desktop, taskbar, etc. Now that there is no taskbar when I open an app and minimize I can't turn it back on to a normal view, so I need a custom taskbar that acts like a windows taskbar... by the way I'm using vb.net not c#...

 

[ss7thirty]

I am sure that you could create something in VB.NET that would mimic what exactly the taskbar does. All that it does is display shortcuts. You could easily create a custom taskbar control using winforms. It would be a combination of controls and may be very detailed depending on how professional and how closely similar you wanted it to look and feel. Other than that I do not know of any code that will do this simply. But if you put some work into it I am sure that you could closely mimic the behavior of the taskbar without too much of a headache.

 

[idan_jl]

thanks for the reply... I'm not at good API, I hope someone can give me more ideas on how I can make it happen...

 

[Paszt]

This is a pretty wide open request. What part do you need help with?

 

[idan_jl]

I need help on how can I make a taskbar like control in vb.net that will hold minimize apps... or it will act as a container of minimized apps, if there's an OCX or Dll that will be good... Thanks Guys for replies...

 

[Cheetah]

Could you just check what process' are running and then checking if the window title is null or not to find the silent process' - have this on a timer......etc....

To use less CPU time and more memory - you could have events to check when each process has closed so there is less being done in the timer and you don't build the list each time.