Active desktop processing and an example (
http://www.vckbase.com/vckbase/vckbase10/vc/nonctrls/atlcomocx_02/1002001.htm) tells what you can do with the IACTIVEDESKTOP interface. The event desktop allows you to display HTML web pages on your desktop, which also provides wealth of content to extend web pages in an item on your desk. But it is not recommended to use unsafe controls on the desktop, such as Windows Media Player 6.0. Although using a piece of film as a desktop background is a cool thing, you have to endure the Security Tips dialog box when you switch your task or refresh your desktop. You can use it when writing your own control
Http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/chs/vccore/html/_atl_step_7.3a_.putting_the_control_on_a_web_page.asp technology to avoid this annoying dialog box.
