JumpTask.Description Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Shell

Assembly:

PresentationFramework.dll

Gets or sets the text displayed in the tooltip for the task in the Jump List.

public:
 property System::String ^ Description { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };

public string Description { get; set; }

member this.Description : string with get, set

Public Property Description As String

Property Value

String

The text displayed in the tooltip for the task. The default is null.

Examples

The following example shows how to declare a JumpTask in markup. The JumpTask opens a text file named readme.txt in the Notepad application.

<JumpTask Title="Read Me" 
          Description="Open readme.txt in Notepad." 
          ApplicationPath="C:\Windows\notepad.exe"
          IconResourcePath="C:\Windows\System32\imageres.dll"
          IconResourceIndex="14"
          WorkingDirectory="C:\Users\Public\Documents"
          Arguments="readme.txt"/>

The following example shows how to configure a JumpTask in code. The JumpTask opens the Calculator application.

// Configure a new JumpTask.
JumpTask jumpTask1 = new JumpTask();
// Get the path to Calculator and set the JumpTask properties.
jumpTask1.ApplicationPath = Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.SystemX86), "calc.exe");
jumpTask1.IconResourcePath = Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.SystemX86), "calc.exe");
jumpTask1.Title = "Calculator";
jumpTask1.Description = "Open Calculator.";
jumpTask1.CustomCategory = "User Added Tasks";