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Hoi Guys,

Is it possible to make a window a child of the task bar?

I want to display a small window on the task bar witch is always visible with the task bar (win7)

I can display a window on the task bar but he will send to the back when I click on the task bar.

I want to look like the window is a part of the task bar so I think it has to be a child window of the task bar.

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In GUICreate() for the handle use WinGetHandle(AutoItWinGetTitle()), this will make the GUI the child of the hidden AutoIt window. Look in my signature to know what AutoItWinGetTitle() is (Hint: Hidden AutoIt window.)

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_AdapterConnections()_AlwaysRun()_AppMon()_AppMonEx()_ArrayFilter/_ArrayReduce_BinaryBin()_CheckMsgBox()_CmdLineRaw()_ContextMenu()_ConvertLHWebColor()/_ConvertSHWebColor()_DesktopDimensions()_DisplayPassword()_DotNet_Load()/_DotNet_Unload()_Fibonacci()_FileCompare()_FileCompareContents()_FileNameByHandle()_FilePrefix/SRE()_FindInFile()_GetBackgroundColor()/_SetBackgroundColor()_GetConrolID()_GetCtrlClass()_GetDirectoryFormat()_GetDriveMediaType()_GetFilename()/_GetFilenameExt()_GetHardwareID()_GetIP()_GetIP_Country()_GetOSLanguage()_GetSavedSource()_GetStringSize()_GetSystemPaths()_GetURLImage()_GIFImage()_GoogleWeather()_GUICtrlCreateGroup()_GUICtrlListBox_CreateArray()_GUICtrlListView_CreateArray()_GUICtrlListView_SaveCSV()_GUICtrlListView_SaveHTML()_GUICtrlListView_SaveTxt()_GUICtrlListView_SaveXML()_GUICtrlMenu_Recent()_GUICtrlMenu_SetItemImage()_GUICtrlTreeView_CreateArray()_GUIDisable()_GUIImageList_SetIconFromHandle()_GUIRegisterMsg()_GUISetIcon()_Icon_Clear()/_Icon_Set()_IdleTime()_InetGet()_InetGetGUI()_InetGetProgress()_IPDetails()_IsFileOlder()_IsGUID()_IsHex()_IsPalindrome()_IsRegKey()_IsStringRegExp()_IsSystemDrive()_IsUPX()_IsValidType()_IsWebColor()_Language()_Log()_MicrosoftInternetConnectivity()_MSDNDataType()_PathFull/GetRelative/Split()_PathSplitEx()_PrintFromArray()_ProgressSetMarquee()_ReDim()_RockPaperScissors()/_RockPaperScissorsLizardSpock()_ScrollingCredits_SelfDelete()_SelfRename()_SelfUpdate()_SendTo()_ShellAll()_ShellFile()_ShellFolder()_SingletonHWID()_SingletonPID()_Startup()_StringCompact()_StringIsValid()_StringRegExpMetaCharacters()_StringReplaceWholeWord()_StringStripChars()_Temperature()_TrialPeriod()_UKToUSDate()/_USToUKDate()_WinAPI_Create_CTL_CODE()_WinAPI_CreateGUID()_WMIDateStringToDate()/_DateToWMIDateString()Au3 script parsingAutoIt SearchAutoIt3 PortableAutoIt3WrapperToPragmaAutoItWinGetTitle()/AutoItWinSetTitle()CodingDirToHTML5FileInstallrFileReadLastChars()GeoIP databaseGUI - Only Close ButtonGUI ExamplesGUICtrlDeleteImage()GUICtrlGetBkColor()GUICtrlGetStyle()GUIEventsGUIGetBkColor()Int_Parse() & Int_TryParse()IsISBN()LockFile()Mapping CtrlIDsOOP in AutoItParseHeadersToSciTE()PasswordValidPasteBinPosts Per DayPreExpandProtect GlobalsQueue()Resource UpdateResourcesExSciTE JumpSettings INISHELLHOOKShunting-YardSignature CreatorStack()Stopwatch()StringAddLF()/StringStripLF()StringEOLToCRLF()VSCROLLWM_COPYDATAMore Examples...

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#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
 
GUICreate("AutoItWinGetTitle() with Window ontop.", 200, 200, -1, -1, -1, $WS_EX_TOPMOST, WinGetHandle(AutoItWinGetTitle()))
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)
 
While 1
    Switch GUIGetMsg()
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            GUIDelete()
            ExitLoop
    EndSwitch
WEnd
 
;~ Or get the handle of the taskbar. You now have 2 options.
 
GUICreate("Handle of Shell_TrayWnd", 200, 200, -1, -1, -1, -1, WinGetHandle("[CLASS:Shell_TrayWnd]"))
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)
 
While 1
    Switch GUIGetMsg()
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            Exit
    EndSwitch
WEnd

UDF List:

 
_AdapterConnections()_AlwaysRun()_AppMon()_AppMonEx()_ArrayFilter/_ArrayReduce_BinaryBin()_CheckMsgBox()_CmdLineRaw()_ContextMenu()_ConvertLHWebColor()/_ConvertSHWebColor()_DesktopDimensions()_DisplayPassword()_DotNet_Load()/_DotNet_Unload()_Fibonacci()_FileCompare()_FileCompareContents()_FileNameByHandle()_FilePrefix/SRE()_FindInFile()_GetBackgroundColor()/_SetBackgroundColor()_GetConrolID()_GetCtrlClass()_GetDirectoryFormat()_GetDriveMediaType()_GetFilename()/_GetFilenameExt()_GetHardwareID()_GetIP()_GetIP_Country()_GetOSLanguage()_GetSavedSource()_GetStringSize()_GetSystemPaths()_GetURLImage()_GIFImage()_GoogleWeather()_GUICtrlCreateGroup()_GUICtrlListBox_CreateArray()_GUICtrlListView_CreateArray()_GUICtrlListView_SaveCSV()_GUICtrlListView_SaveHTML()_GUICtrlListView_SaveTxt()_GUICtrlListView_SaveXML()_GUICtrlMenu_Recent()_GUICtrlMenu_SetItemImage()_GUICtrlTreeView_CreateArray()_GUIDisable()_GUIImageList_SetIconFromHandle()_GUIRegisterMsg()_GUISetIcon()_Icon_Clear()/_Icon_Set()_IdleTime()_InetGet()_InetGetGUI()_InetGetProgress()_IPDetails()_IsFileOlder()_IsGUID()_IsHex()_IsPalindrome()_IsRegKey()_IsStringRegExp()_IsSystemDrive()_IsUPX()_IsValidType()_IsWebColor()_Language()_Log()_MicrosoftInternetConnectivity()_MSDNDataType()_PathFull/GetRelative/Split()_PathSplitEx()_PrintFromArray()_ProgressSetMarquee()_ReDim()_RockPaperScissors()/_RockPaperScissorsLizardSpock()_ScrollingCredits_SelfDelete()_SelfRename()_SelfUpdate()_SendTo()_ShellAll()_ShellFile()_ShellFolder()_SingletonHWID()_SingletonPID()_Startup()_StringCompact()_StringIsValid()_StringRegExpMetaCharacters()_StringReplaceWholeWord()_StringStripChars()_Temperature()_TrialPeriod()_UKToUSDate()/_USToUKDate()_WinAPI_Create_CTL_CODE()_WinAPI_CreateGUID()_WMIDateStringToDate()/_DateToWMIDateString()Au3 script parsingAutoIt SearchAutoIt3 PortableAutoIt3WrapperToPragmaAutoItWinGetTitle()/AutoItWinSetTitle()CodingDirToHTML5FileInstallrFileReadLastChars()GeoIP databaseGUI - Only Close ButtonGUI ExamplesGUICtrlDeleteImage()GUICtrlGetBkColor()GUICtrlGetStyle()GUIEventsGUIGetBkColor()Int_Parse() & Int_TryParse()IsISBN()LockFile()Mapping CtrlIDsOOP in AutoItParseHeadersToSciTE()PasswordValidPasteBinPosts Per DayPreExpandProtect GlobalsQueue()Resource UpdateResourcesExSciTE JumpSettings INISHELLHOOKShunting-YardSignature CreatorStack()Stopwatch()StringAddLF()/StringStripLF()StringEOLToCRLF()VSCROLLWM_COPYDATAMore Examples...

Updated: 22/04/2018

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#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
 
GUICreate("", 169, 68, 20, 20, -1, $WS_EX_MDICHILD, WinGetHandle("[CLASS:Shell_TrayWnd]"))
GUICtrlCreateLabel("test", 0, 0, 100, 20)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)
Do
$msg = GUIGetMsg()
Until $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE

Hoi Guinness,

Thanks for the example.

But...... I’m looking for a mdi child of the task bar not only a child.

Like the code ontop (only this won't work)

I want to display a window as a mdi child in the task bar just like it's a part of the task bar

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$WS_EX_MDICHILD is not really useful in this instance. (Read the description again of $WS_EX_MDICHILD) I would go with my second example.

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_AdapterConnections()_AlwaysRun()_AppMon()_AppMonEx()_ArrayFilter/_ArrayReduce_BinaryBin()_CheckMsgBox()_CmdLineRaw()_ContextMenu()_ConvertLHWebColor()/_ConvertSHWebColor()_DesktopDimensions()_DisplayPassword()_DotNet_Load()/_DotNet_Unload()_Fibonacci()_FileCompare()_FileCompareContents()_FileNameByHandle()_FilePrefix/SRE()_FindInFile()_GetBackgroundColor()/_SetBackgroundColor()_GetConrolID()_GetCtrlClass()_GetDirectoryFormat()_GetDriveMediaType()_GetFilename()/_GetFilenameExt()_GetHardwareID()_GetIP()_GetIP_Country()_GetOSLanguage()_GetSavedSource()_GetStringSize()_GetSystemPaths()_GetURLImage()_GIFImage()_GoogleWeather()_GUICtrlCreateGroup()_GUICtrlListBox_CreateArray()_GUICtrlListView_CreateArray()_GUICtrlListView_SaveCSV()_GUICtrlListView_SaveHTML()_GUICtrlListView_SaveTxt()_GUICtrlListView_SaveXML()_GUICtrlMenu_Recent()_GUICtrlMenu_SetItemImage()_GUICtrlTreeView_CreateArray()_GUIDisable()_GUIImageList_SetIconFromHandle()_GUIRegisterMsg()_GUISetIcon()_Icon_Clear()/_Icon_Set()_IdleTime()_InetGet()_InetGetGUI()_InetGetProgress()_IPDetails()_IsFileOlder()_IsGUID()_IsHex()_IsPalindrome()_IsRegKey()_IsStringRegExp()_IsSystemDrive()_IsUPX()_IsValidType()_IsWebColor()_Language()_Log()_MicrosoftInternetConnectivity()_MSDNDataType()_PathFull/GetRelative/Split()_PathSplitEx()_PrintFromArray()_ProgressSetMarquee()_ReDim()_RockPaperScissors()/_RockPaperScissorsLizardSpock()_ScrollingCredits_SelfDelete()_SelfRename()_SelfUpdate()_SendTo()_ShellAll()_ShellFile()_ShellFolder()_SingletonHWID()_SingletonPID()_Startup()_StringCompact()_StringIsValid()_StringRegExpMetaCharacters()_StringReplaceWholeWord()_StringStripChars()_Temperature()_TrialPeriod()_UKToUSDate()/_USToUKDate()_WinAPI_Create_CTL_CODE()_WinAPI_CreateGUID()_WMIDateStringToDate()/_DateToWMIDateString()Au3 script parsingAutoIt SearchAutoIt3 PortableAutoIt3WrapperToPragmaAutoItWinGetTitle()/AutoItWinSetTitle()CodingDirToHTML5FileInstallrFileReadLastChars()GeoIP databaseGUI - Only Close ButtonGUI ExamplesGUICtrlDeleteImage()GUICtrlGetBkColor()GUICtrlGetStyle()GUIEventsGUIGetBkColor()Int_Parse() & Int_TryParse()IsISBN()LockFile()Mapping CtrlIDsOOP in AutoItParseHeadersToSciTE()PasswordValidPasteBinPosts Per DayPreExpandProtect GlobalsQueue()Resource UpdateResourcesExSciTE JumpSettings INISHELLHOOKShunting-YardSignature CreatorStack()Stopwatch()StringAddLF()/StringStripLF()StringEOLToCRLF()VSCROLLWM_COPYDATAMore Examples...

Updated: 22/04/2018

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Hoi Guinness,

This is a peace of the code I use this will display a glowing text on the taskbar left next to the systray.

This code works well but when I click on the task bar the text goose behind the taskbar.

I can set always ontop bit but I want it to be always visible when the taskbar is visible.

So when I open something in fullscreen (a movie of something) then this wil popup true the fullscreen when I use the ontop bit.

Thats why I'm trying to do something with a child window.

Have you got a idea?

#include <SendMessage.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#Include <GDIPlus.au3>
#Include <WinAPI.au3>
Global Const $DTT_GLOWSIZE = 0x00000800
Global Const $DTT_COMPOSITED = 0x00002000
Global $glowsize =  8
Local $pos
If Not IsDeclared("WM_DWMCOMPOSITIONCHANGED") Then Global Const $WM_DWMCOMPOSITIONCHANGED = 0x031E
If Not IsDeclared("tagDTTOPTS") Then Global Const $tagDTTOPTS = _
"uint Size;uint Flags;uint clrText;uint clrBorder;uint clrShadow;int TextShadowType;" & $tagPOINT & _
";int BorderSize;int FontPropId;int ColorPropId;int StateId;int ApplyOverlay;int GlowSize;ptr DrawTextCallback;int lParam;"
$pos = ControlGetPos("[CLASS:Shell_TrayWnd]", "", "[CLASS:ReBarWindow32]")
$hGUI = GUICreate("ROtext", 0, 0, 0, 0, $WS_POPUP, $WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW)
Global $hTheme = _WinAPI_OpenThemeData($hGUI, "globals")
GUIRegisterMsg($WM_DWMCOMPOSITIONCHANGED, "_WM_DWMCOMPOSITIONCHANGED")
GUISetState(@SW_SHOWNA, $hGUI)
_SendMessage($hGUI, $WM_DWMCOMPOSITIONCHANGED)
_DrawText("this is a test")
Sleep(10000)
Func _DrawText($textlabel)
Local $hDC, $tClientRect, $sText, $textwidth, $th
$iW = @DesktopWidth
$iH = @DesktopHeight
If WinActive("[CLASS:Progman; Title:Program Manager]") Then
  $visible = 1
Else
  $aPos = WinGetPos("[ACTIVE]")
  If IsArray($aPos) Then
   If UBound($aPos) < 5 Then
    If $aPos[2] >= $iW And $aPos[3] >= $iH Then
     $visible = False
    Else
     $visible = True
    EndIf
   EndIf
  Else
   $visible = True
  EndIf
EndIf
If $visible Then
  If @OSVersion = "WIN_VISTA" Then
   $pos = ControlGetPos("[CLASS:Shell_TrayWnd]", "", "[CLASS:ReBarWindow32]")
  Else
   $pos = ControlGetPos("[CLASS:Shell_TrayWnd]", "", "[CLASS:MSTaskListWClass]")
  EndIf
  $th = WinGetClientSize("[CLASS:Shell_TrayWnd]")
  $textwidth = Measure($textlabel) + 10
  WinMove($hGUI , "", $pos[2] - $textwidth + 55, @DesktopHeight - ($th[1]/2) -15 , $textwidth, 30)
  WinSetOnTop($hGUI, "", 1)
  $hDC = _WinAPI_GetDC($hGUI)
  $tClientRect = _WinAPI_GetClientRect($hGUI)
  _DrawGlowingText($hDC, $textlabel, $tClientRect, $glowsize)
  _WinAPI_ReleaseDC($hGUI, $hDC)
Else
  $hDC = _WinAPI_GetDC($hGUI)
  $tClientRect = _WinAPI_GetClientRect($hGUI)
  _DrawGlowingText($hDC, "", $tClientRect, $glowsize)
  _WinAPI_ReleaseDC($hGUI, $hDC)
EndIf
EndFunc
Func _WM_DWMCOMPOSITIONCHANGED($hWnd, $iMsg, $iwParam, $ilParam)
    Local $tMargs = DllStructCreate($tagMARGINS)
    If _WinAPI_DwmIsCompositionEnabled() Then
        For $i = 1 To 4
            DllStructSetData($tMargs, $i, -1)
        Next
        _WinAPI_DwmExtendFrameIntoClientArea($hWnd, $tMargs)
    EndIf
    Return 0
EndFunc
Func _DrawGlowingText($hDC, $sText, $tRc, $iGlowSize)
    Local $hCDC
    Local $tRcText
    Local $tBI, $tDTO
    Local $hDIBBmp, $hOldBmp
    Local $tST
    $hCDC = _WinAPI_CreateCompatibleDC($hDC)
    $tBI = DllStructCreate($tagBITMAPINFO)
DllStructSetData($tBI, "Size", DllStructGetSize($tBI)-4)
    DllStructSetData($tBI, "Width", DllStructGetData($tRc, "Right")-DllStructGetData($tRc, "Left"))
    DllStructSetData($tBI, "Height", -(DllStructGetData($tRc, "Bottom")-DllStructGetData($tRc, "Top")))
    DllStructSetData($tBI, "Planes", 1)
    DllStructSetData($tBI, "BitCount", 32)
    DllStructSetData($tBI, "Compression", 0)
    $hDIBBmp = _WinAPI_CreateDIBSection($hDC, $tBI)
$hOldBmp = _WinAPI_SelectObject($hCDC,  $hDIBBmp)
    $tDTO = DllStructCreate($tagDTTOPTS)
DllStructSetData($tDTO, "Size", DllStructGetSize($tDTO))
    DllStructSetData($tDTO, "Flags", BitOR($DTT_GLOWSIZE, $DTT_COMPOSITED))
    DllStructSetData($tDTO, "GlowSize", $iGlowSize)
    _WinAPI_DrawThemeTextEx($hTheme, $hCDC, 0, 0, $sText, BitOR($DT_SINGLELINE, 1, $DT_VCENTER, $DT_NOPREFIX), $tRc, $tDTO)
    _WinAPI_BitBlt($hDC, DllStructGetData($tRc, "Left"), DllStructGetData($tRc, "Top"),DllStructGetData($tRc, "Right")-DllStructGetData($tRc, "Left"),DllStructGetData($tRc, "Bottom")-DllStructGetData($tRc, "Top"), $hCDC, 0, 0, 0xCC0020) ; SRCCOPY
    _WinAPI_SelectObject($hCDC, $hOldBmp)
    _WinAPI_DeleteObject($hDIBBmp)
    _WinAPI_DeleteDC($hCDC)
EndFunc
Func _WinAPI_DwmExtendFrameIntoClientArea($hWnd, ByRef $tMargins)
    Local $aResult = DllCall("dwmapi.dll", "int", "DwmExtendFrameIntoClientArea", "hwnd", $hWnd, "ptr", DllStructGetPtr($tMargins))
    If @error Then Return SetError(@error, @extended, -1)
    Return $aResult[0]
EndFunc
Func _WinAPI_DwmIsCompositionEnabled()
    Local $aResult = DllCall("dwmapi.dll", "int", "DwmIsCompositionEnabled", "int*", 0)
    If @error Then Return SetError(@error, @extended, -1)
    Return SetError($aResult[0], 0, $aResult[1])
EndFunc
Func _WinAPI_CreateDIBSection($hDC, Const ByRef $tBmpInfo, $iUsage = 0, $pBits = 0, $hSecond = 0, $iOffset = 0)
    Local $aResult = DllCall("gdi32.dll", "hwnd", "CreateDIBSection", "hwnd", $hDC, "ptr", DllStructGetPtr($tBmpInfo), "uint", $iUsage, "ptr", $pBits, "hwnd", $hSecond, "uint", $iOffset)
    Return SetError(0, 0, $aResult[0])
EndFunc
Func _WinAPI_DrawThemeTextEx($hTheme, $hDC, $iPartId, $iStateId, $sText, $iFlags, ByRef $tRect, Const ByRef $tDTTOPTS)
Local $aResult = DllCall("uxtheme.dll", "int", "DrawThemeTextEx", "ptr", $hTheme, "hwnd", $hDC, "int", $iPartId, "int", $iStateId, "wstr", $sText, "int", -1, "uint", $iFlags, "ptr", DllStructGetPtr($tRect), "ptr", DllStructGetPtr($tDTTOPTS))
Return SetError(0, 0, $aResult[0] = 0)
EndFunc
Func _WinAPI_OpenThemeData($hWnd, $sClassList, $hDll = "uxtheme.dll")
    Local $aResult = DllCall($hDll, "hwnd", "OpenThemeData", "hwnd", $hWnd, "wstr", $sClassList)
    If @error Then Return SetError(@error, @extended, 0)
    Return SetError(0, 0, $aResult[0])
EndFunc
Func Measure($text)
_GDIPlus_Startup ()
local $w
Local $hWnd
    Local $hBuffer = _GDIPlus_GraphicsCreateFromHWND ($hWnd)
    Local $hFormat = _GDIPlus_StringFormatCreate ()
    Local $hFamily = _GDIPlus_FontFamilyCreate ("Times New Roman")
    Local $hFont = _GDIPlus_FontCreate ($hFamily, 11.5, 2)
    Local $tLayout = _GDIPlus_RectFCreate (0, 0, 0, 0)
    Local $aInfo = _GDIPlus_GraphicsMeasureString ($hBuffer, $text, $hFont, $tLayout, $hFormat)
    $w = DllStructGetData($aInfo[0],3)
_GDIPlus_FontDispose ($hFont)
    _GDIPlus_FontFamilyDispose ($hFamily)
    _GDIPlus_StringFormatDispose ($hFormat)
_GDIPlus_Shutdown ()
Return $w
EndFunc
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