Systray icons

[geeq]

Hello,

I'd like to know how could i get the system tray icons in my app. Can anyone show me some solution?

Thanks

[HanneSThEGreaT]

Do you mean the NotifyIcon which is availasble in your Toolbox ¿

[geeq]

Do you mean the NotifyIcon which is availasble in your Toolbox ¿

nope, i mean all the other programs' notification icons in the system tray. for example the volume indicator or the network status indicator which is putted there by windows...

[GremlinSA]

nope, i mean all the other programs' notification icons in the system tray. for example the volume indicator or the network status indicator which is putted there by windows...

That is a 'NotifyIcon' that is used... Check out this app in VS 2005 for a working example of a how to use The 'Notifyicon'

Gremmy..

[geeq]

That is a 'NotifyIcon' that is used... Check out this app in VS 2005 for a working example of a how to use The 'Notifyicon'

Gremmy..

No, that's not. I know how to use the NotifyIcon control in vb.net. I mean i want all the icons in the system tray and hide them. Not the one i add with my app but all the others added there from an other app.

[HanneSThEGreaT]

If we had know this, you most probably would have had the solution by now

What you need to do is to use the FindWindow and FindWindowEx APIs to get access to the Shell_TrayWnd, which is the Notification area. You can also use the same APIs to then get access to TrayNotifyWnd, SysPager, ToolbarWindow32 inside Shell_TrayWnd.

I hope it helps

[geeq]

well, i can get the hwnd of the systray and the notification area. The problem is that i need to get each and every icons and be able to act with them. Actually what i wanna do is a taskbar-like thing. And that's why i need the code for this. or at least some guide.

[HanneSThEGreaT]

Yes, that is where you'd need to use FindWindowEx then, to find the child windows inside Shell_TrayWnd. You need to specifically look at SysPager, ToolbarWindow32.

SHould I try to work out like a small sample for you ¿

[geeq]

Yes, that is where you'd need to use FindWindowEx then, to find the child windows inside Shell_TrayWnd. You need to specifically look at SysPager, ToolbarWindow32.

SHould I try to work out like a small sample for you ¿

Okay, i got window handle of the systray area but it has some toolstrip button like thingies which i don't know how to find.

A sample would be great, really great! Thanks;