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LiquidCode · Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 10:51 pm Post subject: Windows 7 Jump Lists

Does anyone know how to add jump lists to a VDS program? I would like to use this feature.

Thanks!

Garrett · Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 12:38 am Post subject:

What the heck is a jump list anyway? I have Win7 but no clue what that is.

Garrett · Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 4:32 am Post subject:

NVM, found out.

vdsalchemist · Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 2:48 pm Post subject:

From what I can tell there is a full API for this. The API looks to be ActiveX however I have not built anything around this since I do not own Windows 7 and my development machine is currently Linux due to another VDS related project that I am working on. If I get a chance I may be able to write the code but someone with Windows 7 will need to test it.

GregLand · Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 4:35 pm Post subject:

Hello and happy new year !
You can look here :
http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/developers/archive/2009/07/23/is-your-application-ready-for-windows-7-rtm.aspx

LiquidCode · Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 6:55 pm Post subject:

Thanks. If you write the code, I'll happily test it! Smile

PGWARE · **Web Host** Joined: 29 Dec 2001 Posts: 1565

I've included jumplists in some of my projects but they are built in delphi. I used a nice delphi component found here: http://www.gumpi.com/Blog/2009/10/02/Windows7ComponentsBeta.aspx

The component includes the ability to do jumplists, overlay icons, progress bar inside of the taskbar buttons, the embedded buttons like windows media player has when you mouse over the taskbar button preview window (rewind, play, forward buttons), and a bunch of other Windows 7 functions.

Perhaps someone can make a dll for vds using this component. Or you can also peak at the source code of the component to see how its done using native win api.

vdsalchemist, you should use something like vmware player virtual machine (free) to allow you to run multiple os's and test things on.