Comments on: Manipulating Taskbar Buttons

By: White Shadow

White Shadow — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:49:48 +0000

If you want something you can use, Taskbar Shuffle looks like it could do the job. If you want to program your own application to move the tray icons, I don't have any useful suggestions for you.

By: Jayapal Chandran

Jayapal Chandran — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:01:11 +0000

Hi,
I was searching for a long time to manipulate the system tray icons same like the above. Could you drop some references if you have?

By: White Shadow

White Shadow — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:15:17 +0000

Probably not

By: Elton

Elton — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:56:33 +0000

Can anybody supply me with a fulle working demo code project on grouping buttons of different applications on the Windows taskbar?
I’m using Delphi 6.

Thanks in advance
Elton

By: White Shadow

White Shadow — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:00:21 +0000

Eh, I think I’d need to re-read and re-research it all to be able to update this article. I haven’t done anything of this kind for a long time, mostly focused on web programming now.

By: Robert Andrew Ditthardt

Robert Andrew Ditthardt — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:12:48 +0000

typedef struct tagNMTOOLBAR {
NMHDR hdr;
//Command identifier of the button
//associated with the notification
int iItem;
TBBUTTON tbButton;
int cchText;
LPTSTR pszText;
RECT rcButton; //Version 5.80
} NMTOOLBAR, FAR* LPNMTOOLBAR;

My coworker found this while trying to prove me wrong about MS’ documentation on this subject. He succeeded in proving me wrong about the point I was trying to make, but at the same time proved the larger issue of MS documentation sucking right =P

This is the dwData structure in the TTBButtonInfo when talking about the taskbar, it says user defined because it really is…user defined. It can be any type of structure but by default it is an NMTOOLBAR for explorer.exe’s taskbar.

As a sidenote, please update this guide. It has been invalueable for me in writing an app I’m working on right now, and I’m sure it will be for anyone else.

By: White Shadow

White Shadow — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:31:42 +0000

Hey Ramkey, Nope, sorry. I don't usually program in VC++. There might be something in MSDN that you could use.

By: Ramkey

Ramkey — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:00:41 +0000

Hi White Shadow,

Nice article! Do you have any sample code in VC++ to retrieve Button Title & Setting New Button Title. I am currently customizing a Microsoft Management Console and want to change a few Menu items.

Thanks in Advance!
Ramkey

By: Rafbeassy

Rafbeassy — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 06:22:56 +0000

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By: valleyman86

valleyman86 — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:48:20 +0000

Thanks a ton. Your article has been invaluable to me.