BorlandTalk.com Borland discussion newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  How to set icon and caption of windows taskbar button?          BorlandTalk.com Forum Index -> C++ Builder (Native API) View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Simon Elliott Guest Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 1:45 pm    Post subject: How to set icon and caption of windows taskbar button? Earlier today I asked in the VCL newsgroup how to get a subform to display a windows taskbar button. I was very quickly given the info I needed. 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? -- Simon Elliott http://www.ctsn.co.uk Back to top Remy Lebeau (TeamB) Guest Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 5:02 pm    Post subject: Re: How to set icon and caption of windows taskbar button? "Simon Elliott" <Simon at ctsn.co.uk> wrote Quote: 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. Gambit Back to top Heinrich Wolf Guest Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 5:16 am    Post subject: Re: How to set icon and caption of windows taskbar button? Hi, IMHO there may be a difference between Form.Caption and Application.Title, which shows when the main form is minimized. The icon is unique. Regards, Heiner Back to top Heinrich Wolf Guest Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 5:22 am    Post subject: Re: How to set icon and caption of windows taskbar button? Hi, just run the template, which is presented on start up of e.g. Delphi 5. Your form has the caption Form1. The button on the taskbar is labeled Project1. Regards, Heiner Back to top Heinrich Wolf Guest Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 5:45 am    Post subject: Re: How to set icon and caption of windows taskbar button? Hi, in the IDE menu Project-Options-Application you can set a title and a symbol (icon). This icon is shown in the explorer. Put some tImage-s in your form with visible=false and load your icons into their picture-s At run time you can change application.title and application.icon.assign(image1.picture.icon). These will be shown on the taskbar button. This icon will also be shown on the form. But after that at run time you can form.icon.assign(image2.picture.icon) for the form different from the taskbar button. Regards Heiner Back to top Simon Elliott Guest Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 11:22 am    Post subject: Re: How to set icon and caption of windows taskbar button? On 27/05/2005, Remy Lebeau (TeamB) wrote: Quote: 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... -- Simon Elliott http://www.ctsn.co.uk Back to top Alistair Guest Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 6:44 pm    Post subject: Re: How to set icon and caption of windows taskbar button? Simon Elliott wrote: Quote: 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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