C# .net Sow Form on new Desktop.

[RAJSPY]

Hi all,

I want to show my windows form on a new desktop.

I kow you can start a new desktop with the [DllImport("user 32.dll")] commando.
But I can't get the form on it. Has anyone got some code of this.

Thanx

[joedeene]

If you're using the resource from CodeProject such as this one then I'd imagine that you'd have to start a new process to the new desktop with a path to the .exe of the form. Here's a section from CodeProject.

The CreateProcess function in kernel32.dll takes a parameter of type STARTUPINFO, which has a parameter ("lpDesktop" ) which allows you to specify the desktop the process is to be created in. As a result, I chose to import this function, instead of using the .NET frameworks Process class, meaning reduced functionality when creating process, but I hope to resolve this in the next release. Now the code, this example shows the two ways of creating a process.

// instance method

Desktop desktop = Desktop.OpenDesktop("myDesktop");
Process p = desktop.CreateProcess("calc.exe");
 
// static method

Process p = Desktop.CreateProcess("calc.exe", "myDesktop");

So, where " calc.exe" is, in the .CreateProcess parameter, replace it with the applications path that starts up the form. But you will need to be using this resource from CodeProject in order for it to work properly. Does this help?

joedeene

[RAJSPY]

Yeah that is one of the solutions but i figured that out already. I want to make a new desktop and run some code on it. The way you supose is in 2 steps.
I want to bring this toghether in 1 step. 1 program 1 exe.

[dhpatel82]

Show a form in new Desktop

Yeah that is one of the solutions but i figured that out already. I want to make a new desktop and run some code on it. The way you supose is in 2 steps.
I want to bring this toghether in 1 step. 1 program 1 exe.

Hi Rajspy,

Did you get any solution? I also have same kind of requiremen. so could you please help me ?

Thanks

Dhaval Patel