taskbar item

Re: taskbar item

Hi Adam,

Generally, Windows Services don't display a user interface aside from the
rare MessageBox popup.

If you want an icon to appear in the task tray you should create a WinForms
application.

1. Create a Form and add a NotifyIcon component to it.
2. You can set the Form's ShowInTaskBar property to false and call Hide() to
make sure it's not visible.
3. Users can add a shortcut to your app in their Startup folder if they'd
like it to start when Windows is started, like a service.

NotifyIcon Component Overview (Windows Forms)
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/a551e3ba.aspx

You could, technically, do this and still have a Windows Service that runs
in the background. To communicate between the two processes you'll have to
use inter-process communication techniques such as Remoting with an
IpcChannel or WCF. The WinForms application could then display the
graphical interface for the Windows Service. It's rare that such a solution
is required, though, so carefully consider whether a WinForms application
will be all that you'll need.

--
Dave Sexton

http://www.codeplex.com/DocProject (Sandcastle in Visual Studio 2005)

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