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I have noticed a few windows apps displaying progress as a moving
green tide on the icon on the task bar. This lets you monitor
progress of a minimised app.

It would be nice if some of Java apps did that.

Is there anything in the Java API that hooks up to it?
is there a jni lib?

here is some info on how it works under .net in Windows 7
http://blogs.windows.com/windows/arc...ress-bars.aspx
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The remaining 10% of the code accounts for the other 90% of the development
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~ Tom Cargill Ninety-ninety Law

On Friday, February 1, 2013 11:12:01 AM UTC-8, Roedy Green wrote:
> I have noticed a few windows apps displaying progress as a moving
>
> green tide on the icon on the task bar. This lets you monitor
>
> progress of a minimised app.
>
>
>
> It would be nice if some of Java apps did that.
>
>
>
> Is there anything in the Java API that hooks up to it?
>
> is there a jni lib?
>
>
>
> here is some info on how it works under .net in Windows 7
>
> http://blogs.windows.com/windows/arc...ress-bars.aspx
>
> --
>
> Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products http://mindprod.com
>
> The first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90% of the development time.
>
> The remaining 10% of the code accounts for the other 90% of the development
>
> time.
>
> ~ Tom Cargill Ninety-ninety Law

Could you possibly set the icon label to have a loading bar looking image and extend the size of it depending on the percentage it is loaded?

On Friday, February 1, 2013 1:12:01 PM UTC-6, Roedy Green wrote:
> I have noticed a few windows apps displaying progress as a moving
>
> green tide on the icon on the task bar. This lets you monitor
>
> progress of a minimised app.
>
>
>
> It would be nice if some of Java apps did that.
>
>
>
> Is there anything in the Java API that hooks up to it?
>
> is there a jni lib?
>
>
>
> here is some info on how it works under .net in Windows 7
>
> http://blogs.windows.com/windows/arc...ress-bars.aspx
>
> --
>
> Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products http://mindprod.com
>
> The first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90% of the development time.
>
> The remaining 10% of the code accounts for the other 90% of the development
>
> time.
>
> ~ Tom Cargill Ninety-ninety Law

For some reason, the image there doesn't work:

403 - Forbidden: Access is denied.

Maybe we could help more if we see an image?

On Tue, 12 Feb 2013 08:02:23 -0800 (PST), bob smith
<> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone
who said :

>Maybe we could help more if we see an image?

It is not my website. TopStyle uses the feature. See
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/topstyle.html
--
Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products http://mindprod.com
The first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90% of the development time.
The remaining 10% of the code accounts for the other 90% of the development
time.
~ Tom Cargill Ninety-ninety Law

On Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:25:29 -0800, Roedy Green wrote:

> On Tue, 12 Feb 2013 08:02:23 -0800 (PST), bob smith
> <> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone
> who said :
>>Maybe we could help more if we see an image?
> It is not my website. TopStyle uses the feature. See
> http://mindprod.com/jgloss/topstyle.html

If you want people to help you, maybe you should go through the trouble of
installing said software and taking a screenshot. If even you don't care
enough to install it just to see that feature in action, why would anyone
else ?

Liebe Gruesse,
Joerg

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ungelesen.

On Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:50:52 +0100, Joerg Meier <>
wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :

>If you want people to help you, maybe you should go through the trouble of
>installing said software and taking a screenshot. If even you don't care
>enough to install it just to see that feature in action, why would anyone
>else ?

I can give you a screenshot, see
http://mindprod.com/dropoff/progress.png
but I don't think you will find it very interesting. I thought you
would want to see it in action. This is a standard Windows C++
feature, so, if you are a windows user, once you see it, you will
likely recognise it.
--
Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products http://mindprod.com
The first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90% of the development time.
The remaining 10% of the code accounts for the other 90% of the development
time.
~ Tom Cargill Ninety-ninety Law