'pin' to desktop

[dday9]

I've been googling for the past 1/2 hour with 1 result to a broken link. I'm making "Sticky Notes" and I want to be able to pin those stickies to the desktop. Sorta like a BottomMost function. Is there something like that I can use and if not, how would I even go about making a function that would keep my form on the desktop?


Edit - I'm not going to mark the thread resolved and I'll explain below, however this kinda works:

'Pins the program to the desktop
        If saved = False Then
            saved = True : PinToDesktopToolStripMenuItem.Checked = True : lblClose.Visible = False : Me.ShowInTaskbar = False
        Else
            saved = False : PinToDesktopToolStripMenuItem.Checked = False : lblClose.Visible = True : Me.ShowInTaskbar = True
        End If

The reason I'm not going to mark it resolved is because if I click pin to desktop and the desktop isn't the application directly under my application then I have to minimize every program to get it to stay on the desktop.

[iPrank]

Search for GetDesktopWindow and SetParent API.

(Many other APIs are needed, but those 2 should help you getting started.)

[Niya]

I don't really know what you mean my "pin" to desktop but based on your description, my instinct tells me to look up the SetWindowLong Win32 API. Maybe there is a constant/flag for it that can help do such a thing.

[Bobbles]

What I believe is desired by the OP is (was ?) A bottommost API = His Form stays beneath all others.
I am not really thinking of multiple Sticky Notes, but probably could work for those as well.
I believe I have a solution for this.
Anyone interested ?

PS I just went to the top of this thread, to go up one level, and discovered this is VB.NOT
So I will retract my offer, as -
a) I hate VB.NOT
b) No doubt a VB6 solution won't work in VB.NOT

[dunfiddlin]

There is no need to do anything. Simply set the form property to not show in the taskbar and as other programs are activated it will sink to the bottom naturally with no way to bring it back. This is how Rainlendar and similar applications do it and I'm not sure that there's any alternative.

[dday9]

Yeah, this was a resurection from June of last year. My solution is in my sticky notes link in my signature.

Edit - I'm sorry bobbles that you don't like vb.net, considering that it's been more than 12 years since vb6 has been replaced, have you tried using the power of the .net framework? I'm betting that you'll find a big boost in performance, if you don't use vb6 holdovers.