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DeskTop Wallpaper

How can i put my Form as Desktop wallpaper ?
I tried with SetParent my from to the "ProgMan" but still didnt put under the icons...

Is anybody found a way to put my form under the desktop icons ?

I'm using Windows 7 / 64bit

It is not possible afaik, and why would you want that?

Originally Posted by 'Bruno

It is not possible afaik, and why would you want that?

I think (based on the last bit of the reply, the first bit made no sense) that he doesn't actually want to set his Form as the desktop wallpaper, but rather create a desktop shortcut (could be wrong). If I'm right, this SO question pretty much covers it.

Create shortcut on desktop C# - Stack Overflow

Originally Posted by Jason

It really sounds like he is trying to place it behind the icons (wallpaper), and as far as I know it is not possible. (What is there that makes no sense?)

Originally Posted by 'Bruno

It really sounds like he is trying to place it behind the icons (wallpaper), and as far as I know it is not possible. (What is there that makes no sense?)

The fact that he wants to make a Form his Background. How the testicles does that make any sense =.=

Originally Posted by Jason

The fact that he wants to make a Form his Background. How the testicles does that make any sense =.=

I thought you meant my answer when I said it was not possible

Originally Posted by 'Bruno

I thought you meant my answer when I said it was not possible

Nah, I was talking about his post. All your posts are magical and awesome :3

Originally Posted by rabir007

Setting a form as a wallpaper isn't possible, although you can take a screenshot with an application called - puush / home or Welcome to Gyazo : Seriously Instant Screen-Grabbing

Originally Posted by chocolate_1995

Setting a form as a wallpaper isn't possible, although you can take a screenshot with an application called - puush / home or Welcome to Gyazo : Seriously Instant Screen-Grabbing

I wanted to create an Animated Wallpaper for windows like "DeskScapes" doing...

Originally Posted by rabir007

I wanted to create an Animated Wallpaper for windows like "DeskScapes" doing...

Something like:
Fishy Fishy Fish - CodeProject

Or? :S

Originally Posted by Jorndel

Something like:
Fishy Fishy Fish - CodeProject

Or? :S

From the pics, yeah it semm like what i want...
I tried to SetParent my from to the ShellDll view, above the SysListView, but my form didnt showed up...
When i Parented SysListView into my Form, the Wallpaper went into my form, not just the icons :/
I'll wach what you sent...
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Edit:
Soory, but its not what i wanted... The fish is above everything, its very simple with this.TopMost = true;
Thing thing i want is:

Youtube Video

As you can see, the animated Wallpaper is beind the icons, and taskbar... Thats what i want to do, but i dont have any succeed...

I love this Fish app, so funny...

Originally Posted by rabir007

I wanted to create an Animated Wallpaper for windows like "DeskScapes" doing...

That wouldn't be a form, that would be a .gif image (I believe).

Originally Posted by chocolate_1995

That wouldn't be a form, that would be a .gif image (I believe).

and then?

@rabir: "Thing thing i want is:"

try saving the animation to .gif, and setting wallpaper to that .gif. Does it have to be your form? If so, try my method above?

edit: I don't think it has to be .gif -- i've seen it done with .avi movies..not sure all the file-types it supports.

Originally Posted by abuckau907

and then?

@rabir : "Thing thing i want is:"

try saving the animation to .gif, and setting wallpaper to that .gif. Does it have to be your form? If so, try my method above?

edit: I don't think it has to be .gif -- i've seen it done with .avi movies..not sure all the file-types it supports.

HD Gif as wallapaper ? It would lagging like the hell...
Check out this program: DeskScapes, i want to make a program like this

You want to take a screenshot (only of your form) and set it as your wallpaper?

Code:

1) take screenshot // use Form.DrawToBitmap()
2) save screenshot to disk //Bitmap.SaveToFile() or something similar
3) call windows api to change wallpaper (to file from step 2) // SystemParametersInfo() api. see link

1)this.DrawToBitmap(urBitmap,New Rectangle(new point(0,0),new size(urBitmap.width,urBitmap.height)));
2)urBitmap.Save("C:/newWP.bmp",System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Bmp) ;
3) SystemParametersInfo(WALLPAPER, "C:/newWP.bmp"); //see msdn link below. (verify file exists etc etc)

and update as fast/often as needed? But I think getting the screenshot and saving it to file will take a long time ( well, in terms of milliseconds and fps), so you'll get choppy animations. If they're not high fps animations, maybe this is acceptable.?

http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windo...paper-7dd9f27d this is in vb, but it explains how to actually change the image (file path) used for the wall paper.

you can set your wallpaper as an animated .gif image, and it 'just works'. (you can even do this with movies

)
what is your goal? If it's to just change the wall paper, use saved .gif files, don't worry about using the form's screenshot. or, why are you using the form's screenshot - what cool feature are you going for? If it's just to display some animations, i think there are better ways - like using directx or opengl to draw directly to the screen? Avoid having to save to file. Will never be fast.