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Vala Example

/* Compile with: valac --pkg unity --pkg dee-1.0 --pkg gee-1.0 --pkg Dbusmenu-Glib-0.4 launcherexample.vala */
namespace LauncherExample {

  public static void main ()
  {
    /* Pretend to be gcalctool for the sake of the example */
    var l = new Unity.LauncherEntry ("evolution.desktop");

    /* Show a count of 27 on the icon */
    l.count = 124;
    l.count_visible = true;
    
    l.progress = 0.8;
    l.progress_visible = true;
    
    /* We also want a quicklist */
    var ql = new Dbusmenu.Menuitem ();
    var item1 = new Dbusmenu.Menuitem ();
    item1.property_set (Dbusmenu.MENUITEM_PROP_LABEL, "Item 1");
    var item2 = new Dbusmenu.Menuitem ();
    item2.property_set (Dbusmenu.MENUITEM_PROP_LABEL, "Item 2");
    ql.child_append (item1);
    ql.child_append (item2);
    l.quicklist = ql;

    new MainLoop().run();
  }
  
}