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System Tray Icons

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System Tray Icons Class Help

This class contains functions for installing icons in the status area of the Windows desktop status bar, the System Tray.

System Tray icons are a useful mechanism through which you can allow a user quick access to your application's features without crowding the taskbar or requiring a window to be open at all times. Standard procedure dictates the following usage of System Tray icons and their popup menus:

  • When the user moves the mouse over the icon, the system will display the tooltip that you provided when you created the icon.
  • When the user clicks the icon with the right mouse button, your application should display the popup shortcut menu.
  • When the user double–clicks the icon, your application should execute the default command on the shortcut menu.

(Linux) The functions in the System Tray Icons class are not supported.

Library: Programmer's Toolbox Control