Notify Icon problem

[Cylix]

I am going to make an application in monitor and do something on time.
A part of it is an Notify icon(System Tray Icon),
Which project type can I be used for Just showing the notify icon
without any form?

What I mean is something like When you minimize the MSN Messager as a
tray icon.

I have tried a service project and application project, all these seems
cannot meet the goal.

Thank you for any advance.

[rowe_newsgroups]

Re: Notify Icon problem

For a service, there is an option called something like
InteractWithDes ktop that must be set in order for it to show a
notifyicon. But in order to show a form (remember, service = no UI)
then you'll probably have to use the System.Diagnost ics.Process.Sta rt()
method to show an external form (one that you pre-built).

Or you could try this - Start a windows application and build a blank
form (for demo purposes). Add a notifyIcon to the form and set the
appropriate settings, I would highly recommend adding some sort of
close method here, be it on a click or using a context menu - you'll
see why later. Then, add a module with a sub main block and set that
sub main as the startup object. Then do something like this:

Sub Main()
' Do whatever here first
Dim f as new BlankFormWithNo tifyIcon()
Application.Run ()
' Do shut down methods here
End Sub

When you instantiate your form (I believe) it will automagically show
the notify icon in the taskbar - if not you could just show the form
and set it's visibility to false. Just be sure to call
Application.Exi t() somewhere in the app (like in the close method I
told you to add earlier) to abort/stop the Application.Run () call in
the sub main.

Let us know how this works,

Thanks,

Seth Rowe


On Jan 24, 9:43 pm, "Cylix" <cylix2...@gmai l.comwrote:

I am going to make an application in monitor and do something on time.
A part of it is an Notify icon(System Tray Icon),
Which project type can I be used for Just showing the notify icon
without any form?
>
What I mean is something like When you minimize the MSN Messager as a
tray icon.
>
I have tried a service project and application project, all these seems
cannot meet the goal.
>
Thank you for any advance.

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Re: Notify Icon problem

"Cylix" <cylix2000@gmai l.comschrieb:

>I am going to make an application in monitor and do something on time.
A part of it is an Notify icon(System Tray Icon),
Which project type can I be used for Just showing the notify icon
without any form?

Create a new project that contains a reference to
"System.Windows .Forms.dll". Add a component class to the project and place
a notifyicon component on it. Then add a 'Sub Main' that looks like this:

\\\
Public Sub Main()
Dim c As New Component1()
Application.Run ()
End Sub
///

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[Cylix]

Re: Notify Icon problem

It works great!