CS DeskBand

A Library to create DeskBands on windows using C#. Deskbands are toolbars that are docked on the taskbar and provide additional functionality to an otherwise unused space.

CSDeskBand makes it easy to create a deskband using Winforms or WPF.

Screenshots

Images taken from the sample projects

Usage

Installation

Nuget packages are available here:

• CSDeskBand.Win
• CSDeskBand.Wpf

Use CSDeskBandWin for winforms or CSDeskBandWpf for wpf

• For a winforms usercontrol, inherit the CSDeskBandWin base class. See Sample.Win
• For a wpf usercontol, Set CSdeskBandWpf as the root element in the XAML. See Sample.Wpf

Add [ComVisible(true)], [Guid("xx-xx-xx-xx-xx")], [CSDeskBandRegistration()] attributes to the class

using CSDeskBand.Win;
using CSDeskBand;

[ComVisible(true)]
[Guid("5731FC61-8530-404C-86C1-86CCB8738D06")]
[CSDeskBandRegistration(Name = "Sample Winforms Deskband")]
public partial class UserControl1 : CSDeskBandWin
{
...

Deskband Installation

You need to start an elevated command prompt and be able to use regasm.exe An easy way to do this is use the Developer Command Prompt for Visual Studio. Make sure that you use the correct version of regasm that matches your platform.

cd Sample.Win\bin\Debug

regasm /codebase Sample.Win.dll

The /codebase switch will add the path of the dll into the registry entry.

Alternatively, register the assemblies into the Global Assembly Cache.

gacutil -i CSDeskBand.dll
gacutil -i CSDeskBand.Win.dll
gacutil -i Sample.Win.dll
regasm Sample.Win.dll

Note that GAC installation requires the assemblies to be Strong-Named

Check the Wiki for more details.

Examples

There are examples included for Winforms and WPF in the Sample.Win and Sample.Wpf projects

Compatibility

Tested on Windows 10 x64