Does .NET 3.5 Allow New Features in Windows 7?

Question

Some of the applications running Windows 7 (Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, for example) use the icon present on the taskbar to show a small progress bar. Can I use this feature with the .NET Framework 3.5?

Answer 1

Try the Windows API Code Package

• http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/WindowsAPICodePack

This assembly provides access to special Windows features, such as a toolbar. It allows only the script you are looking for.

Answer 2

You are looking for Windows API Code Code

Answer 3

Since the new taskbar APIs can be accessed from C or C ++ using Win32 API and COM calls, you can access them from any version of .NET by calling C APIs. Some examples can be found in this article . See Also Related Resources here .