Microsoft released Windows 7 last year which has lots of functionalities including a nice UI. Among those features one of the most user friendly feature is Pin/Unpin application to Taskbar. You can develop WPF or Windows Forms applications in which you can implement this feature. But do you know that this is also possible in Silverlight? Yes, Silverlight 4 has the power to talk with any other application using the COM API. You can read one of my earlier article [Silverlight 4: Interoperability with Excel using the COM Object]. In this Article I will show you how we can talk with the Windows 7 Taskbar. Read the complete Article and provide your feedbacks or suggestions.
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Background
Prerequisite
Getting Started
Configuring Out-Of-Browser Settings
Designing the XAML Page
Playing with the Code
Playing with the Application
End Note
IntroductionMicrosoft released Windows 7 last year which has lots of functionalities including a nice UI. Among those features one of the most user friendly feature is Pin/Unpin application to Taskbar. You can develop WPF or Windows Forms applications in which you can implement this feature. But do you know that this is also possible in Silverlight? Yes, Silverlight 4 has the power to talk with any other application using the COM API. You can read one of my earlier article [Silverlight 4: Interoperability with Excel using the COM Object]. So, how can I develop such functionality in my Silverlight 4 application? Here I will describe you step-by-step to let you know about the feature. After reading this article you will be able to pin/unpin any Windows application to your Windows 7 taskbar directly from your Silverlight 4 out-of-browser application.
BackgroundIn Windows 7 operating system you can pin any application for easy access like the earlier quick launch toolbar in a new way. Once you right click on the taskbar icon you will get some quick tasks right to the context menu as you do for regular day-2-day activity. There is an option to Pin/Unpin the application in taskbar. Once pinned, you can open that application directly from the taskbar.
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Table of ContentsIntroduction
Background
Prerequisite
Getting Started
Configuring Out-Of-Browser Settings
Designing the XAML Page
Playing with the Code
Playing with the Application
End Note
IntroductionMicrosoft released Windows 7 last year which has lots of functionalities including a nice UI. Among those features one of the most user friendly feature is Pin/Unpin application to Taskbar. You can develop WPF or Windows Forms applications in which you can implement this feature. But do you know that this is also possible in Silverlight? Yes, Silverlight 4 has the power to talk with any other application using the COM API. You can read one of my earlier article [Silverlight 4: Interoperability with Excel using the COM Object]. So, how can I develop such functionality in my Silverlight 4 application? Here I will describe you step-by-step to let you know about the feature. After reading this article you will be able to pin/unpin any Windows application to your Windows 7 taskbar directly from your Silverlight 4 out-of-browser application.
BackgroundIn Windows 7 operating system you can pin any application for easy access like the earlier quick launch toolbar in a new way. Once you right click on the taskbar icon you will get some quick tasks right to the context menu as you do for regular day-2-day activity. There is an option to Pin/Unpin the application in taskbar. Once pinned, you can open that application directly from the taskbar.
Read more: Kunal's Blog
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