Tk/Win32 "Dockable Windows"

boblawblah has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I want to create a window that 'Docks' to one side of the users desktop.

The window should always be visible, and not occupy the same space as other windows. IE, if the window were docked to the top of the screen, and you maximize another window, the top of the maximized window would be adjacent to the bottom of the docked window. (AIM has this behavior, docks to the side, as well as custom toolbars on windows, which is what i want to simulate)

Any input here would be of great help, and greatly appreciated. Thank you fellow monks!

Also, The code need no be platform independent as the program will only be run on Win32 boxes.

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Re: Tk/Win32 "Dockable Windows" by Corion (Patriarch) on Feb 11, 2008 at 22:14 UTC
The search terms are msdn application toolbar. Basically, you will have to call some Windows API to make your mainwindow into an Desktop Application Toolbar. Using Application Desktop Toolbars has a discussion of the whole thing, you will have to adapt the API calls to Perl yourself - I recommend Win32::API for that, if there are no provisions made in Tk (or some other Win32 module already.	[reply]
Re^2: Tk/Win32 "Dockable Windows" by boblawblah (Scribe) on Feb 12, 2008 at 07:36 UTC
Great, thank you. This is exactly what I needed.	[reply]
Re^3: Tk/Win32 "Dockable Windows" by Anonymous Monk on Jun 24, 2016 at 21:27 UTC
Hi, Can somebody provide perl code example?	[reply]
Re^3: Tk/Win32 "Dockable Windows" by abakan (Initiate) on Jun 24, 2016 at 21:29 UTC
Re: Tk/Win32 "Dockable Windows" by thundergnat (Deacon) on Feb 12, 2008 at 18:35 UTC
You may want to check out Tk::ToolBar. Depending on what you are trying to do, it may already be enough. If not, browsing the source might provide some useful hints on how to accomplish your objective.	[reply]