Send form to 'back'?

[Karl.Green]

Hi,

I have a Net book with Windows 7 starter edition.
As you may or may not know, you cannot change the wallpaper on Starter Edition.

I know there are programs out there that will run and show a picture but they all contain other things that I do not need running in the background.

I am going to create a form with a picture box on and just have it run at start up without showing in the taskbar etc.

What I need help with;
Is there a way so that I can set the form to be showing, but behind the shortcuts on my desktop?

Or do you have any other ways of doing it?

Thanks

[4x2y]

At design time set the form's property BackgroundImage with your favorite picture, then use the following code

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        Dim w As System.Drawing.Rectangle = My.Computer.Screen.WorkingArea
        Me.FormBorderStyle = Windows.Forms.FormBorderStyle.None
        Me.WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal
        Me.Left = w.X
        Me.Top = w.Y
        Me.Width = w.Width
        Me.Height = w.Height
    End Sub

Because the form hasn't borders, you cannot minimize to show your desktop, so you may need to add a button to minimize the form

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        Me.WindowState = FormWindowState.Minimized
    End Sub

[Karl.Green]

Thanks, I did not know about the My.Computer.Screen.WorkingArea I thought I was going to have to do it the long way.

Is there no way of setting the form to be behind the shortcut icons on my desktop but in front of the windows wallpaper then?

[4x2y]

Is there no way of setting the form to be behind the shortcut icons on my desktop but in front of the windows wallpaper then?

No, AFAIK there is no way for that.