Control under icon on desktop?

[xSwan]

Anybody know how to place a control on the desktop under the icons?

 

As U can in windows place some "homepages" at the desctop they are under the icon.

 

How can i place my own controls there?

[Volte]

No, because the icons are not windows, they are simply drawn onto the desktop. As far as I know, the desktop area with the icons is actually a large ListView control.

[xSwan]

But windows can with the "homepage"?

 

And I mean I have seen an other that could.

[divil]

Active Desktop just hosts Internet Explorer instead of a listview in the background.

[xSwan]

Jah, but the icons is there still.:confused:

 

And if "Active Desktop" can then i must think I can too, but how?

[Volte]

Activate Desktop is part of Windows. Microsoft can do anything they like with things that are built into Windows. MS just made windows draw the icons over top of the IE desktop. However, since you don't have Windows' source code, I can't imagine that it's possible to do the same.

 

Why would you need a control under the icon anyway.

[xSwan]

Yaeh, I know MS can anything, and would have stop trying, if it was that I mean I have seen a program that could.

 

I need because it look stupid have my control over the icons so U cant see them;) , and my control i something like a Console where i can run program from and so. And then of course I want the experience :D

[Volte]

Wouldn't it make even less sense if it was under the icon and you couldn't see what you're typing? Maybe you should consider placing it in a differrent position.

[xSwan]

Yeah, maybe, and I see the program i did mean do it, didnt :( , I was remeber wrong.

 

But then I have an other question: How can I place it over the icons, and still be there then I press Show Desktop?

 

I have try this:

 

[CS]

 

Cons = new ConsolePanel();

 

Int32 i = SetParent(Cons.Handle.ToInt32(),GetDesktopWindow());

 

[/CS]

 

But It isn't showed the I press that Show Desktop :(