Is it possible, in Delphi, or C++, to display numbers on the Windows task icon?

Question

Delphi

I need an Apple OS style counter

Answer 1

Using the Qt framework, this task becomes trivial. First, you can do it head-on and redraw the icon when you need it:
Link to the source code-example .
But it is more correct to use special platform-specific classes for Windows, which are specially designed, for example, to display progress on a program button or an overlay icon that you can generate on your own.
Link to the source code-example .

Answer 2

In 7-8 you can display the progress bar on the icon.
msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd942846.aspx
msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/d...
Numbers are hardly possible other than changing the window icon.

Answer 3

You can try to look for the location of the button on the taskbar and paint on it yourself, it's that hemorrhoids.
In general, look aside In general, look aside MSTaskListWClass, you can try.