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How to use the Windows Vista TaskDialog in WPF

Windows Vista TaskDialog

Introduction

Windows Vista comes with an new standard dialog box called task dialog. The TaskDialog was developed as part of Windows Vista's "clarity" offensive to improve the user experience. It provides a lot more features than the original message box.

The TaskDialog is part of the comctrl32.dll library and only available on Windows Vista or later, its not part of WPF or the .NET framework. To use it from managed code, we need to write a interop wrapper.

This article is not finished yet... :-(





Last modified: 2009-02-10 09:05:09
Copyright (c) by Christian Moser, 2011.

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AlSki
Commented on 15.June 2009
When is it going to be finished?
vrd
Commented on 9.August 2009
looking forward to the article being finished.
Mani
Commented on 12.August 2009
You can use the Vista Bridge Library and/or the Windows API Code Pack:
http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/VistaBridge
http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/WindowsAPICodePack

HTH, Mani
Austin
Commented on 25.August 2009
really looking foward to this...
if i want to create an App with taskdialog, do i create the lib myself or can i download it from somewhere and use it?
cortisol
Commented on 31.August 2009
pretty much
amitabh ghosh
Commented on 6.June 2010
we are waiting for it buddy..
Flavio
Commented on 27.July 2010
You could release the source code of this application (screenshot) for
download?
YJ
Commented on 22.August 2010
use Ookii dialog. it is good to use.
Christian
Commented on 13.September 2010
In addition to Manis comment from 12.August 2009...
There is a nice tutorial available as PDF on how to use the WinAPICodePack and its components:

http://www.hinzberg.net/api7/api7/downlaods_files/windows7api.pdf

Have fun!
Anonymous
Commented on 2.January 2011
Please update it tutorial. I am going mad implementing the API. Please!
rajesh
Commented on 21.January 2011
It contains an incomplete information of taskdialog
swat
Commented on 19.May 2011
can I create a Font application (same as the application we click to change font its size and style) in WPF????? And if yes How??????
Sreekumar
Commented on 31.May 2011
Hi,
Can you please complete this article........
Tiberius
Commented on 19.July 2011
Danke für den Link zur Windows7api.pdf, war sehr hilfreich. Spitzen Homepage, immer ein Quell an Inspiration für mich!
yourMother
Commented on 28.July 2011
2 years and nothing comes. asshole
Lmaa
Commented on 29.July 2011
Look under http://www.codeproject.com/KB/WPF/WPFTaskDialogVistaAndXP.aspx
There is Code for you
Ahtesham
Commented on 4.September 2011
Can u please complete this atical, and show how to use it.

reagrds thanks.

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