[vpn-help] Two suggestions for the VPN GUI

[Matthew Grooms]

Hi Jernej,

I don't believe what your describing is possible. The behavior is 
defined by setting the window style ...

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms632600(v=vs.85).aspx

Depending on the style defined, the widow will either be displayed in 
both the task manager and the alt+tab dialog, or be hidden from both.

As for the addition of Windows 8 compatibility to the manifest, please 
give this a try and let me know if it works better for you ...

http://www.shrew.net/download/vpn/vpn-client-2.2.0-win8-compat.exe

-Matthew


On 12/16/2012 5:46 PM, Jernej Simončič wrote:
> Right now, the VPN Access Manager offers 3 options for both the Access
> Manager and connection windows - taskbar, system tray and both. I
> prefer not to have the connection windows clutter my taskbar when I
> don't need them, but if I set them to system tray, this also prevents
> the windows from appearing in the Alt+Tab dialog.
>
> Would it be possible to change the windows so that they would show up
> in the taskbar normally, but minimize to the notification area?
>
> Also, unrelated, but could the Windows 8 compatibility flag be added
> to the manifest? This would make the applications use the Windows 8
> style when using high contrast mode. The following would have to be
> added:
>
>    <compatibility xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:compatibility.v1">
>      <application>
>        <supportedOS Id="{4a2f28e3-53b9-4441-ba9c-d69d4a4a6e38}"/>
>      </application>
>    </compatibility>
>
> This only affects the GUI appearance in high contrast mode - it
> doesn't do anything else.
>