NotifyIcon Libary

[dzt]

Allows to display an icon to Notification Area on PPC (NotifyIcon.dll) and to Systam Tray on PC (NotifyIconDesktop.dll)

Functions:
Add - Adds the application Icon to Notification Area for PPC and the icon ni.ico to System Tray for PC. For PPC the icon should be 16x16 pixels.

Remove - removes the Icon


Properties:
IconText - (PC only) The text to display when the mouse is over the icon

Events:
Click - Fires when the icon is clicked

The PPC source code (with some modifications) is from NotifyClient sample found on MSDN (Microsoft Developers Network)

Attached is a zip file with DLLs and sample ni.ico

PPC version c# source code can be downloaded from here http://www.terracom.gr/basic4ppc/NotifyIcon_source.zip
PC version c# source code can be downloaded from here http://www.terracom.gr/basic4ppc/Not...top_source.zip

For how to use it, see dzSpy application I've posted here http://www.basic4ppc.com/forum/share-your-creations/452-dzspy-spy-task-manager-app-open-source.html

[Cableguy]

I not to sure what this does!

Can you post a simple example?

P.S.: Your work is great....But form me, that i'm not familiar to some of the expressions and terms you use, or some device OS events, it gets difficult to understand what some of you dll actually do!!

[dzt]

See attached pictures

[dzt]

And a short sample.

Compile it (needs notifyicon libraries and formlib) and put test3.exe, NotifyIcon.dll and FormLib.dll in your device
Run test3.exe, press "Show Icon", then the cross upper right.

You will see the icon in Notification Area (as in pic1)

Click the icon...

[JJM]

Hi Dimitris,

Thanks for your new dll which is usefull for some programs.
I don't understand the use of ni.IconText ?

Please

Best regards

JJ M

[dzt]

Hi JJM,

IconText is useful only for desktop computer not for PPC.
Put your mouse pointer over any icon in System Tray and you will see some text to appear.

For your program you could set this text using the IconText property.

Run on your PC test3.sbp I've posted.

Regards

[Cableguy]

At least for me when icontext is set it get covered by the TaskBar so the text is not visible...

[dzt]

Hi GableGuy,

I don't know why this happens to your computer. I've tested it in several PCs with various operating systems (Windows 2000, XP, Vista) and works fine in every case.

But I've made the library for PPC. The desktop version made only to help to design the app in basic4ppc. And in that case (PPC) IconText is a dummy property.

Regards

[JJM]

Hi,

For me on my PC and on my PPC (HP ipac 2490) all is fine.

Best regards

JJ M

[agraham]

Originally Posted by Cableguy

At least for me when icontext is set it get covered by the TaskBar so the text is not visible...

Are you running XP and is popup text from other icons on the task bar also covered by the task bar? If so then it is a known bug and either this short program or the batch file in the text file should fix it.

This used to happen occasionally on my XP system and when it did I just ran FixToolTips.exe for an instant fix.