Thread: Tray Icons

You haven't looked too hard - search this forum for "tray". Did you Google for help?

Ok, you've read NOTIFYICONDATA - then read the related stuff. What fuctions take a NOTIFYICONDATA structure? Shell_NotifyIcon().

Originally Posted by TFM

Sends a message to the system to add, modify, or delete an icon from the taskbar status area.

WINSHELLAPI BOOL WINAPI Shell_NotifyIcon(

DWORD dwMessage, // message identifier
PNOTIFYICONDATA pnid // pointer to structure
);

Doesn't get easier. Two parameters. The first is one of NIM_ADD, NIM_DELETE, or NIM_MODIFY. The other is a NOTIFYICONDATA structure.
Fill out a NOTIFYICONDATA structure, pass it and NIM_ADD to Shell_NotifyIcon(), and bam! Systray icon. When your program closes, do the same, except with NIM_DELETE.

Take a stab at it, the worst is that your program gives an error at compile or run time. If it doesn't work, try to find the error, if you can't, post back. People are much more willing to help if you have something to work with. Here's something to start with:

Code:

void MySysTray(HWND hwnd, DWORD action)
{
  NOTIFYICONDATA nid = {0};
  
  nid.cbSize = sizeof(NOTIFYICONDATA);
  nid.hWnd = hwnd;
  nid.uID = 1;
  nid.uFlags = NIF_ICON;
  nid.hIcon = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION);

  Shell_NotifyIcon(action, &nid);
}