JumpTask::Description Property

.NET Framework (current version)
 

Gets or sets the text displayed in the tooltip for the task in the Jump List.

Namespace:   System.Windows.Shell
Assembly:  PresentationFramework (in PresentationFramework.dll)

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public:
property String^ Description {
	String^ get();
	void set(String^ value);
}

Property Value

Type: System::String^

The text displayed in the tooltip for the task. The default is null.

The following example shows how to declare a JumpTask in markup. The JumpTask opens a text file named readme.txt in the Notepad application.

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<JumpTask Title="Read Me" 
          Description="Open readme.txt in Notepad." 
          ApplicationPath="C:\Windows\notepad.exe"
          IconResourcePath="C:\Windows\System32\imageres.dll"
          IconResourceIndex="14"
          WorkingDirectory="C:\Users\Public\Documents"
          Arguments="readme.txt"/>

The following example shows how to configure a JumpTask in code. The JumpTask opens the Calculator application.

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// Configure a new JumpTask.
JumpTask jumpTask1 = new JumpTask();
// Get the path to Calculator and set the JumpTask properties.
jumpTask1.ApplicationPath = Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.SystemX86), "calc.exe");
jumpTask1.IconResourcePath = Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.SystemX86), "calc.exe");
jumpTask1.Title = "Calculator";
jumpTask1.Description = "Open Calculator.";
jumpTask1.CustomCategory = "User Added Tasks";

.NET Framework
Available since 4.0
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