[AHK] Windows 7 taskbar integration tool

[j]

This is my second AHK script ever, so any feedback is appreciated as I am new to it's pitfalls.

Windows 7 taskbar integration tool v0.7

Description
The taskbar in Windows 7 introduced several new features. One is the ability to show a progress bar within the icon.
I made a little AHK script that reads the progress bar of all active transfers and translates that into the new Windows 7 progress bar feature.
When a transfer is paused, the progress bar will turn yellow and when the confirmation dialog is shown it turns red.

Installation
Just download the script and start it. You may need to tweak the [face=courier]StartLabel[/face] in [face=courier]tcprogress.ahk[/face] as this is used to determine whether a transfer is paused (the script is not language aware yet).
It's the text on the left button in the progress dialog when a transfer is paused and labeled "Start" in English and German.

Screenshot
Image: http://i29.tinypic.com/33a4hkx.png

Download
TCProgress - Version 0.7 (209 KB)

[Samuel]

This is your second ahk script ever? Nice done.
The code looks good and well structured.

It wont work on Windows 8.0.

TB_IsWindowsCompatible()
{
...
return ((dwMajorVersion>=6) and (dwMinorVersion>=1))
}

Can't test it because I lack a Windows 7 here.

[j]

It wont work on Windows 8.0.

Hey, don't expect Microsoft to increase internal kernel numbers for that by more than 0.1 .

[Samuel]

No I didnt. This will not work.

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dwMajorVersion=7
dwMinorVersion=0

You will need this line:

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return ((dwMajorVersion>=6) or ((dwMajorVersion==6) and (dwMinorVersion>=1)))

[j]

You will need this line.

Yes I already did something very similar:

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return (((dwMajorVersion==6) and (dwMinorVersion>=1)) or (dwMajorVersion>6))

Well not that critical anyway, we have yet to see Windows 7 shipping to customers .

[ghisler(Author)]

I plan to add Windows 7 taskbar progress bars next week when Windows 7 final will become available to MSDN subscribers. Currently there is only a beta an RC, and no one knows what will still be there in the final release.

[j]

I plan to add Windows 7 taskbar progress bars next week when Windows 7 final will become available to MSDN subscribers. Currently there is only a beta an RC, and no one knows what will still be there in the final release.

Ah, very good to have internal support for it.

Well integrating it is really simple and I am very sure that there will be no changes in the API for that.

For everyone how can't wait until a build with support is out, feel free to use the the script

[Lefteous]

2ghisler(Author)

Currently there is only a beta an RC, and no one knows what will still be there in the final release.

That's wrong. The final version has already been leaked and can be found if someone searches...
Microsoft has even released the SHA-1 checksums to make sure noone loads a virus-load ISO from the torrent of choice but the unmodified RTM.

Ah and of course the RC 1 is feature ready and the APIs are stable. So if you want to save some days..

[ghisler(Author)]

It's only 3 or so days, no need to make an illegal download...