System Tray

[RobMarsh]

I need to be able to display text in the system tray on the task bar. Its easy enough to just show icons there and to trap keypresses, but there is little information about how to output text there. Any ideas?

[Chris Eastwood]

I've only seen one sample that comes close to putting real text in the system tray - take a look at http://www.domaindlx.com/e_morcillo/scripts/cod/grl.asp - and look for the TrayForm.zip sample at the bottom of the page.

This sample is pretty cool in that it places a whole form in the system tray - it is a bit unpredictable though.

Chris Eastwood

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