displaying Forms - good challenge

[kaisersoze]

Hello all,

Requirments:

1. Entire screen should be occupied by the application

2. no min., max. and close icon for the form

3. windows task bar should not be visible

4. application should contain a task bar and this task bar should be replace windows task bar (point 3). The application task bar has functions that are available for the application only. A button on application task bar, it should be similar to windows start button.

5. another menu form should always be on to top part of the window, with buttons that does specific function.

 

need your input.....

[kejpa]

It sounds like you only want to restrict the Windows environment to use your application only...

Have a look at the Policy editor, we're using it for our application which runs in an environment like that.

Group policys might do the trick but we've never sorted it out...

 

/Kejpa

[kaisersoze]

hello kejpa

 

Do you use any API program to do that.coause I did the same in VB6.0. but i wonder how to do in VB.net. Do you recommend any good books to do API program in VB.net

[kejpa]

Nope,

We're on the move to have the app in .NET but it should be working just as with VB6. You restrict access using the policy editor (poledit.exe)

We're having two different "modes" restricted where the environment is locked down real tight and one unrestricted where we can manipulate everything. The change between the two modes are done by changing the effective ntconfig.pol file.

 

/Kejpa

[Napivo1972]

You know about the shell key? it's in the registery of XP and 2000 and in System.ini or win.ini (Sorry cant remember) for all other versions of windows?

 

That' key starts explorer.exe when wndows boots. If you want to disable the task bar in windows replace Explorer.exe by your_program.exe.

 

!!!!! Be Warned !!!!

 

You need, at least in your test appication, a button that starts explorer.exe. iIf you haven't there is no way to undo your changes.

 

!!!!! Be Warned !!!!