DesktopX Scripting
Workarea
Monday, February 6, 2006 by dirkhoffmann | Discussion: DesktopX
Hi everyone.
I couldn't find a way to search the forum from my web browser, so after browsing for half an hour and not finding anything related, I decided to post ahead:
Is there a way to change the Workarea by Script?
Obviously, the direct way doesn't work (the System.Workarea-properties are read-only).
Does anyone know an ActiveX-Control or plugin to do the job (and can point me to resources on how to use it) ?
Thanks
UPDATE - Clarification:
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Just for clarification, here's a little more background on what I'm trying to do:
I want to create a sidebar-style Desktop theme with some more or less original content in a vertical bar on the right side of the screen (look for early screenshots of Windows Vista - back when it still was called Longhorn).
To make this work well, I encountered two problems:
1.) I want to toggle between auto-hide and always on. In auto-hide mode, the workarea should reach the right side of the screen, in always on mode it should reach just the left side of my sidebar. Obviously, when switching modes I have to switch the workarea size, too.
It would probably be possible to implement that by actually using TWO themes, but the mode change should be one quick flip of a button dependant on what I'm currently doing - changing themes takes way too long.
2.) I'm also not satisfied with the "always on top"-behavior of DesktopX in general. I normally want my sidebar to be always on top, but it should hide if any other application (e.g. Media Player, Internet Explorer, Firefox, ...) switches to full-screen-mode (just like the taskbar does). I'm currently not sure if that's even possible - it depends on if there's a Windows API to do that or if those applications hide the taskbar by themselves.
I couldn't find a way to search the forum from my web browser, so after browsing for half an hour and not finding anything related, I decided to post ahead:
Is there a way to change the Workarea by Script?
Obviously, the direct way doesn't work (the System.Workarea
Does anyone know an ActiveX-Control or plugin to do the job (and can point me to resources on how to use it) ?
Thanks
UPDATE - Clarification:
-----------------------
Just for clarification, here's a little more background on what I'm trying to do:
I want to create a sidebar-style Desktop theme with some more or less original content in a vertical bar on the right side of the screen (look for early screenshots of Windows Vista - back when it still was called Longhorn).
To make this work well, I encountered two problems:
1.) I want to toggle between auto-hide and always on. In auto-hide mode, the workarea should reach the right side of the screen, in always on mode it should reach just the left side of my sidebar. Obviously, when switching modes I have to switch the workarea size, too.
It would probably be possible to implement that by actually using TWO themes, but the mode change should be one quick flip of a button dependant on what I'm currently doing - changing themes takes way too long.
2.) I'm also not satisfied with the "always on top"-behavior of DesktopX in general. I normally want my sidebar to be always on top, but it should hide if any other application (e.g. Media Player, Internet Explorer, Firefox, ...) switches to full-screen-mode (just like the taskbar does). I'm currently not sure if that's even possible - it depends on if there's a Windows API to do that or if those applications hide the taskbar by themselves.
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Reply #1 Monday, February 6, 2006 8:58 PM
Brad had a post wher he created a widget. Here's a screenshot:
And here is the link: http://frogboy.wincustomize.com/articles.aspx?aid=68072&SID=5&UID=1
Sorry, just reread your post for content. I'm no help.