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eattrig
eattrig

Reputation: 326

Custom Windows Task Bar

For security reasons, I have changed the Windows shell to a custom application I wrote. I have created a bar at the bottom of the screen similar to the Task Bar that I currently call a status bar since it doesn't hold icons to select tasks. My main question is this:

Can I make this status bar take up its screen space such that other applications will not render themselves under it? Note that I've already set it to be Always on Top, which works great, except that other windows show up under it.

For example, if the screen is 1680x1050, can I make this status bar take up the bottom 50 pixel rows of the screen, but have Windows then tell applications that the screen is 1680x1000 (which is what I assume happens when using the actual Windows Task Bar)?

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Upvotes: 0

Views: 86

Answers (1)

Asaq
Asaq

Reputation: 541

Use SHAppBarMessage(). See example in article. To related questions - no public API.

Upvotes: 1

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