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Article #4850Re: How to set icon and caption of windows taskbar button?
From: Alistair
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 18:44
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 18:44
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Simon Elliott wrote: > On 27/05/2005, Remy Lebeau (TeamB) wrote: > >>> Now I'd like to gove the taskbar button its own icon and >>> caption - possibly different from the ones shown by the >>> form. How do I do this? > >> The Caption of the Taskbar Button is always the same as the Form's >> Caption, and the Icon is the same as the Form's Icon. You cannot >> specify a different Caption and Icon that are just for the button >> alone. They have to be applied to the Form as well. > > OK. I vaguely recalled from the olden days of Petzold that there was a > way of drawing on the taskbar button's canvas, but it was so long ago > that my memory could be a bit flaky... > Well, Get the taskbar handle, then get the child handle to the window containing the taskbar buttons, then search for the child window that is your applications taskbar button. Get a DC for the window and draw.
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