I have a c# application and have thought it could be fancy that it displayed current time. So I used form.text property of my main form and put the time into it (picture A)
Unfortunately when I point to the application icon in taskbar in Windows 7 it shows my time where it should show application name (picture B)
Is it possible to have some text on main form top bar and still display different text in Windows taskbar?
In .NET 4 the TaskbarItemInfo class was introduced. Unfortunately it does not directly support changing the application title show in the taskbar.
However, you might be able to achieve this using the Windows API Code Pack library. Yochay Kiriaty wrote an article called Developing for the Windows 7 Taskbar – Application ID which shows an example of what you might be trying to achieve.
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I want to display a text in the taskbar like the NetSpeedMonitor program .
I thought about how Windows did that with der Date and Time display, but I couldn't find any answer.
I want to do this with C# and .Net 4.x
if you watch this pic
you see every thing in windows application have an handle(HWND) and if you get it you can change this app parameters and add or remove any thing on if look at this link there is sample for it in console application you just need just doing same thing on taskbar.
I created a dll for all office apps to use them in c# like this and i done this by using handles of office and my app
I've created a winforms application. All is running fine, also the taskbar button is created and shown in taskbar including the correct icon.
Whenever I move the form from one display to the second display, the taskbar button stays at the display from where the form was initial start.
I also compared the settings with another winforms application where the behaviour is correct. Means, the button is moving/switching/whatever to the active display where the form is moved to.
Hopefully it is just a small thing, but I came not across with it.
It is an OS feature.
For windows 7 there is no built-in support to show taskbar for your second monitor and your taskbar buttons will always show on first monitor taskbar.
For windows 8 you can open Taskbar properties and in Multiple displays settings, check Show taskbar on all displays and then set the value of Show taskbar bottons on: to Taskbar where window is open
I've seen several post regarding custom 'task' being added to WPF applications but I haven't found a compatible way to do this in Windows Forms.
Note: I'm not referring to the system notification tray.
For example, if you right click Google Chrome icon in the Windows 7 Taskbar you'll see a menu like this:
I want to do the same thing in a C# Windows Forms Application. Is it possible or does it have to be in WPF?
I just came late to the party. There is a feature called 'Jumplists' which would helps you to add a new taskbar feature on right clicking the application icon: Go through the tutorial
http://www.wpftutorial.net/Jumplists.html
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff770767.aspx
I want my application (written in c#) which needs to run on Windows 7 and show an icon in the notification area. The default is "only show notification" I my icon to be shown by default. looking for the api in c# or to wite a script for this.
If there's no direct way to do this is there any overriding way?
I believe it is by design the Windows 7 doesnt let you do this programmatically.
Could you not do something on the main TaskBar using the Windows API Code Pack?
I have a WinForms application written in C# for .NET 3.5 that needs to show a specific name in the Task Manager's Applications tab. However, I need for this text to be different from the Form's text.
The behavior I've seen so far is that the Task Manager Applications tab will show the value of the Text property of the System.Windows.Forms.Form being displayed. However, I'd like to display the long name of the application in the Form.Text property, and use an abbreviated name in the Task Manager's Applications tab.
I know this behavior was supported in VB6, where the Application Title (Set through Project Properties -> Make tab -> Application Title field, or in the .VBP file itself) would be the name displayed in the Applications tab. Is there a way to replicate this functionality in C#/.NET?
This bit of information from MSDN seems to indicate that the Text property is the only source in .NET: App Object for Visual Basic 6.0 Users. However, I'd like to know if there's a way around this.
VB6.0 forms applications used a hidden "parking window" as the true main window of the application. This is how it allowed the task manager name to differ from the main window name. In .Net applications the main window is the true main window of the application.
You could replicate the behavior by starting a hidden form which calls your displayable form but I don't recommend it since you risk getting your application into a state where there is no visible UI but the process is still running.