Thread: Console App & Systray Icon

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    Question Console App & Systray Icon

    Hi!

    Is it possible to put console application into system tray?

    If it is, how to do it?

    Thanks.
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    hmm...I recall bein at a friends house doing this a year ago or so. I think we made a
    wrapper for it: a windows-application calling CreateProcess
    creating the console window, and using FindWindowEx or something like that to get a hold of the console window,
    showing and hidin it as we doubleclicked the icon in the systray.
    I think this is what we did, but I don't really recall and it
    wasn't me codin it.
    I don't have the code here and it is in asm but if you want
    I might be able to get it for you ?

    /btq
    ...viewlexx - julie lexx

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    It's full of stars adrianxw's Avatar
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    The system tray icon sends messages to it's control task when anything happens, you do not directly have a message processing loop in a console app.
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    Thanks for you replys. I already figure it out.
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    4) INI Editor (Delphi)

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