Comments on: Writing a pure SysTray Application without a Window

By: Heartburn Home Remedy

Heartburn Home Remedy — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:06:36 +0000

I noticed that this is not the first time at all that you write about the topic. Why have you chosen it again?

By: Matt Emson

Matt Emson — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:29:11 +0000

Simplest solution:

1) Create a UserControl, ass your trayicon etc to it, visually design etc, be happy that it is letting you do this with little pain. e.g create a control called “HiddenWindow”, place the NotificationIcon and associated ContextMenuStrip on to it and design the logic etc.

2) Alter the Program declaration to:

[STAThread]
static void Main()
{
Application.EnableVisualStyles();
Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);

//this instance will exist whilst the app is running
HiddenWindow hw = new HiddenWindow();

Application.Run(); //important, remove the Form from this!
}

Voila! You have a tray/notification icon.

By: telli

telli — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 07:50:16 +0000

I do not agree, Sebastian, the correct way is to use “notifyIcon.Dispose();” in the onClose-Function.

Just my 2 cent.

By: Sebastian Werner

Sebastian Werner — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:04:00 +0000

In “private void OnClose” there should be a “notifyIcon.Visible = false;” before the “Application.Exit();”. Otherwise the Icon would stay in the SysTray until you hover Mouse over it.

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Console.Write(this.Opinion) : Criando uma aplicação .Net 100% SysTray — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 10:45:52 +0000

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By: ColoMan

ColoMan — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 22:24:25 +0000

Sure you can hide a main window…. just make sure it is done in the shown event

void Form1_Shown(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
this.Hide();
}

By: nervos

nervos — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 15:29:32 +0000

damm
i looked at it..
it contains forms!!!
using System.Windows.Forms;

what about i have an application that
using System.Windows;

so i have an window and i also want an systray menu?
what to do?

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Thu, 10 Aug 2006 00:07:35 +0000

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By: Gerhard Stephan

Gerhard Stephan — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 06:16:22 +0000

Don't use the command : "Application.EnableVisualStyles();" As you can see in my following posts this leads to an error. System.Runtime.InteropServices.SEHException