slick progress bar

[Roedy Green]

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/ar...-dynamic-overlay-icons-and-progress-bars.aspx
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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

 

[zfollette]

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/ar...-dynamic-overlay-icons-and-progress-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?

 

[bob smith]

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/ar...-dynamic-overlay-icons-and-progress-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?

 

[Roedy Green]

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

 

[Joerg Meier]

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

 

[Roedy Green]

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