ITaskbarList interface
Applies to: desktop apps only
Exposes methods that control the taskbar. It allows you to dynamically add, remove, and activate items on the taskbar.
Members
The ITaskbarList interface inherits from the IUnknown interface. ITaskbarList also has these types of members:
Methods
The ITaskbarList interface has these methods.
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| ActivateTab |
Activates an item on the taskbar. The window is not actually activated; the window's item on the taskbar is merely displayed as active. |
| AddTab |
Adds an item to the taskbar. |
| DeleteTab |
Deletes an item from the taskbar. |
| HrInit |
Initializes the taskbar list object. This method must be called before any other ITaskbarList methods can be called. |
| SetActiveAlt |
Marks a taskbar item as active but does not visually activate it. |
Remarks
You do not implement ITaskbarList; it is implemented by the Shell.
Use ITaskbarList to add items to the taskbar, remove items from the taskbar, and activate items on the taskbar.
See Modifying Contents of the Taskbar for more information about using this interface.
Requirements
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Minimum supported client | Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP |
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Minimum supported server | Windows 2000 Server |
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Build date: 3/7/2012
<ComImport(), InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown), Guid("56FDF342-FD6D-11D0-958A-006097C9A090")> _
Public Interface ITaskbarList
Sub HrInit()
Sub AddTab(<[In]()> ByVal hwnd As IntPtr)
Sub DeleteTab(<[In]()> ByVal hwnd As IntPtr)
Sub ActivateTab(<[In]()> ByVal hwnd As IntPtr)
Sub SetActivateAlt(<[In]()> ByVal hwnd As IntPtr)
End Interface
