Attached is a sample program that uses a Tray Icon to activate a program. It uses dilettante's "NotifyIcon" program.
http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...ght=notifyicon
I have left his explanations in the User Control intact. When first activated, the "Tray" program starts as a Icon in the system tray surrounded by red. A balloon will appear stating "Connecting to Server". It will normally time out, but I am using a timer to simulate establishing a connection. This causes the balloon to disappear and the red background on the Icon to also disappear. Moving the mouse over the Icon will show "Connected to Server". Ten seconds later, a second timer is used to simulate an incoming message, which will flash with instructions.
Clicking on the Tray Icon will activate a program called "Sample.exe". You will have to compile that program first before it can be activated.
To return the "Tray" program to it's normal state, or to exit the program, right click on the Tray Icon.
J.A. Coutts
http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...ght=notifyicon
I have left his explanations in the User Control intact. When first activated, the "Tray" program starts as a Icon in the system tray surrounded by red. A balloon will appear stating "Connecting to Server". It will normally time out, but I am using a timer to simulate establishing a connection. This causes the balloon to disappear and the red background on the Icon to also disappear. Moving the mouse over the Icon will show "Connected to Server". Ten seconds later, a second timer is used to simulate an incoming message, which will flash with instructions.
Clicking on the Tray Icon will activate a program called "Sample.exe". You will have to compile that program first before it can be activated.
To return the "Tray" program to it's normal state, or to exit the program, right click on the Tray Icon.
J.A. Coutts
