Drag and drop windows?

[mackey333]

Hey all,

I have an idea for something I would like to try but I am not sure it is possible. I want to create an application that will help manage open windows. For example you could drag a firefox window and a word window onto it. The effect would be that word is displayed in the top half of the window and firefox in the bottom half. The firefox and the word tabs should disappear from the start bar (this is not necessary but would be nice). Any open window should be able to be placed into application. This could be achieved by manually placing windows next to each other, however, the key is that the "workspace" could be minimized and restored as a unit. Any thoughts as to the feasibility of this?

-Greg :-Q

 

[Diancecht]

Use Windows API.

Cheers,
Dian

 

[mackey333]

Thanks for the reply. I have looked on google a bit and it looks like I need to use the Java Native Interface (JNI) to access the windows API:

http://java.sun.com/developer/onlineTraining/Programming/JDCBook/jni.html

am I heading in the right direction?

-Greg :-Q

 

[Diancecht]

I mean to develop it in c++ using windows api. You're trying to implement a task manager like the one windows has, so I guess it will be easier if you do it the same way.

Cheers,
Dian