Mega Code Archive
Creating a system tray icon for your application
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using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Data;
public class Form1 : System.Windows.Forms.Form
{
private System.Windows.Forms.NotifyIcon notifyIcon1;
private System.Windows.Forms.ContextMenu contextMenu1;
private System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem menuItem1;
private System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem menuItem2;
private System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem menuItem3;
public Form1() {
InitializeComponent();
}
private void InitializeComponent()
{
this.notifyIcon1 = new NotifyIcon(new System.ComponentModel.Container());
this.contextMenu1 = new System.Windows.Forms.ContextMenu();
this.menuItem1 = new System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem();
this.menuItem2 = new System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem();
this.menuItem3 = new System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem();
this.SuspendLayout();
// This line associates the context menu with the icon
this.notifyIcon1.ContextMenu = this.contextMenu1;
this.notifyIcon1.Icon = new System.Drawing.Icon("icon1.ico");
this.notifyIcon1.Text = "Tray Icon";
this.notifyIcon1.Visible = true;
this.contextMenu1.MenuItems.AddRange(new
System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem[] {
this.menuItem1,
this.menuItem2,
this.menuItem3});
this.menuItem1.Index = 0;
this.menuItem1.Text = "Exit";
this.menuItem1.Click += new
System.EventHandler(this.menuItem1_Click);
this.menuItem2.Index = 1;
this.menuItem2.Text = "Hide";
this.menuItem2.Click += new
System.EventHandler(this.menuItem2_Click);
this.menuItem3.Index = 2;
this.menuItem3.Text = "Show";
this.menuItem3.Click += new
System.EventHandler(this.menuItem3_Click);
this.AutoScaleBaseSize = new System.Drawing.Size(5, 13);
this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(504, 365);
this.Name = "Form1";
this.Text = "Form1";
this.ResumeLayout(false);
}
static void Main()
{
Application.Run(new Form1());
}
private void menuItem1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
Close();
}
private void menuItem2_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
this.Visible = false;
}
private void menuItem3_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
this.Visible = true;
}
}
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