
Ghostbar. Make your taskbar transparent.

Ghostbar is inspired by Skrommel's excellent FadingTaskbar program-
http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Skrommel/index.html#FadingTaskbar

It supports Windows 2000 through to Vista on both x86 and amd64
platforms. Note you MUST use the x64 version with an x64 OS. While the
32bit program will run under an x64 OS, the 32bit dll cannot be loaded
correctly.

Ideally the program is to be run with parameters which tell it what to
do as well as allowing you to tweak some settings.

Note. Under Vista you are recommended to leave the active and inactive
taskbar alpha values at their defaults. This it due to the way the Vista
start button sits ontop of the taskbar.

To call the program with parameters create a shortcut file and in the
properties add the desired parameters to the end of the "Target:"
setting. 

The available parameters are:
 
  --no-gui                   Display no GUI
  --start                    Start the fader
  --stop                     Stop the fader
                             
  --install                  Install the dll
  --uninstall                Uninstall the dll
  --enable                   Enable tracking events
  --disable                  Disable tracking events
                             
  --active-alpha arg (=1)    Active taskbar alpha (0-1)
  --inactive-alpha  arg (=0) Inactive alpha (0-1)
  --fade-in-time arg (=80)   Time to fade in (ms)
  --fade-out-time arg (=300) Time to fade out (ms)
  --steps arg  (=20)         Higher = Smoother
                             
  --debug                    Display the Debug tab


For example a common usage scenario would be to put a shortcut in the
Start menu 'Startup' folder to Ghostbar with the parameters '--no-gui'
and '--start' to automatically run the program when you log into your
account.

Licensing

My code carries the Boost Software License, Version 1.0 (see end of file
or [http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt]) and is (C) Ein O'Callaghan
2007. The unicode.hpp header caries it's own license and you should
refer to the file for those details. 

The icon (in a modified form) comes from mattahan's Buuf icon set and
carries with it a Creative Commons license
[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/]


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