Windows 7 taskbar features

ExeOutput for PHP
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Hi,

I’m new to this forum so I apologize if anybody has always asked about this somewhere else.

Windows 7 taskbar API offers a few neat features, among which:

  • progress bar
  • overlay icons
  • thumbnail toolbars

as described here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd942846.aspx

Is any of these features currently supported from within ExeOutput for PHP? Or is there any workaround (via calling Windows API) to do it? I would very much like to be able to use the progress bar feature.

Thanks!

2

No, these features aren’t supported. But maybe in a future version if several users are interested by them.

3

After a bit of research, I found out that the Windows 7 taskbar functionality is exposed through COM, as defined here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd391692(VS.85).aspx

Since PHP has COM support, it is possible in theory to update the application’s taskbar icon progress status using COM calls. I will post back my findings if I ever get it to work.

4

Hi,

this would be nice :slight_smile: