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I am trying to make a contribution to the windows task bar so when i minimize my app it docks itself into the windows task bar , the best way of describing this is by looking at a picture I have drawn:
If anybody knows if this is possible or how to do it please let me know.
I am well aware of the ability to add an icon to the system tray – but this is slightly different.
Thanks in advance,
Andy
Take a look at SWT. This will definitely be a platform specific solution but I am assuming this isn’t an issue for you.
SWT (Beginning with 3.6 which just went gold) has a TaskBar class and corresponding TaskItem classes for each item in the TaskBar. I don’t think the TaskItem class is going to be powerful enough to do what you are asking for, but by looking at the source it will provide you insight into the low level Windows calls that you can access to get this done.
The SWT version for Windows will have a low level platform specific API that should get you where you want to go. Basically they have done all the JNA/JNI work for you. I am not a Windows programmer so I can’t give you more details, but hopefully this will point you in the right direction.