Any way to makea gui on top, but not on top of the taskbar?

[CrewXp]

Hey, quick question. Is there any way to make a gui overlap anything but the taskbar? I'm trying to make a tray notify, but it gets stuck behind windows/apps. So I added the alwaysontop attribute to it, but now it overlaps even the taskbar.

Is there any way around this?

Possibilties I see

1.) Somehow make the taskbar always on top. (Ghetto way around it..)

2.) Apply some _ALMOST_Always_On_Top attribute to my GUI to get it to stay behind the gui.

Example Code for Tray Popup

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#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#Include <WinAPI.au3>

; Create Toast window
Global $hGUI = GUICreate("", 200, 100, @DesktopWidth - 210, @DesktopHeight - 130, $WS_POPUPWINDOW, $WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW + $WS_EX_TOPMOST)
Global $hLabel = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Click to close", 1, 1, 198, 198)

; Slide in Toast - but keep focus on current window
_WinAnimate($hGUI, 0x00040008)
$hCurrWnd = _WinAPI_GetForegroundWindow()
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $hGUI)
WinActivate($hCurrWnd, "")

; Wait for click from Toast
While 1
    
    Local $aMsg = GUIGetMsg(1)

    If $aMsg[1] = $hGUI And $aMsg[0] = $hLabel Then ExitLoop
    
WEnd

; Slide out window
_WinAnimate($hGUI, 0x00050004)

Exit

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; Gary Frost's WinAnimate function

Func _WinAnimate($h_gui, $i_mode, $i_duration = 1000)
    
    If @OSVersion = "WIN_XP" OR @OSVersion = "WIN_2000" Or @OSVersion = "WIN_VISTA" Then
        
        DllCall("user32.dll", "int", "AnimateWindow", "hwnd", $h_gui, "int", $i_duration, "long", $i_mode)
        
        Local $ai_gle = DllCall('kernel32.dll', 'int', 'GetLastError')
        If $ai_gle[0] <> 0 Then
            Return SetError(1, 0, 0)
        EndIf
        Return 1
        
    Else
        
        Return SetError(2, 0, 0)
        
    EndIf
EndFunc;==> _WinAnimate()

[Yashied]

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#include <GUIConstants.au3>
#include <StaticConstants.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#Include <WinAPI.au3>

; Create Toast window
$hGUI = GUICreate("", 200, 100, @DesktopWidth - 210, @DesktopHeight - 130, $WS_POPUP, $WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW + $WS_EX_TOPMOST)
GUICtrlCreateLabel("", 0, 0, 200, 100)
GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1, 0x000000)
GUICtrlSetState(-1, $GUI_DISABLE)
$hLabel = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Click to close", 1, 1, 198, 99)

_WinAnimate($hGUI, 0x00040008)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOWNOACTIVATE)

; Wait for click from Toast
While 1
    
    Local $aMsg = GUIGetMsg(1)

    If $aMsg[1] = $hGUI And $aMsg[0] = $hLabel Then ExitLoop
    
WEnd

; Slide out window
_WinAnimate($hGUI, 0x00050004)

Exit

; --------------

; Gary Frost's WinAnimate function

Func _WinAnimate($h_gui, $i_mode, $i_duration = 1000)
    
    If @OSVersion = "WIN_XP" OR @OSVersion = "WIN_2000" Or @OSVersion = "WIN_VISTA" Then
        
        DllCall("user32.dll", "int", "AnimateWindow", "hwnd", $h_gui, "int", $i_duration, "long", $i_mode)
        
        Local $ai_gle = DllCall('kernel32.dll', 'int', 'GetLastError')
        If $ai_gle[0] <> 0 Then
            Return SetError(1, 0, 0)
        EndIf
        Return 1
        
    Else
        
        Return SetError(2, 0, 0)
        
    EndIf
EndFunc;==> _WinAnimate()

EDIT:

And look at WinAPIEx.au3

Edited September 3, 2009 by Yashied