minimize MDI form to systray

right, this is driving me up the wall! i found some code to minimize my MDI form to the systray, and then allows the user to either double-click the icon to restore the window, or right-click it to get a menu that allows them to restore or exit.

this all works fine in the IDE, but when it's compiled, it doesn't react to any mouse clicks on the icon, so i can't restore the window.

the thing that's making me drive further up the wall is the fact that the sample program that i got the code from works fine in the IDE and when compiled (it's also an MDI project, and i just copy/pasted the code).

this is the code that it seems to have trouble with:

VB Code:

Private Sub MDIForm_MouseMove(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, _
x As Single, Y As Single)
    If (Me.ScaleWidth = vbPixels) Then
        lngMsg = x
    Else
        lngMsg = x / Screen.TwipsPerPixelX
    End If
    
    Select Case lngMsg
        Case WM_LBUTTONDBLCLK    '515: Restore form window
            Me.WindowState = vbMaximized
            lngResult = SetForegroundWindow(Me.hwnd)
            Shell_NotifyIcon NIM_DELETE, nid
            Me.Show
        Case WM_RBUTTONUP        '517: Display popup menu
            lngResult = SetForegroundWindow(Me.hwnd)
            Me.PopupMenu mnuSystray
    End Select
End Sub

any ideas why this isn't working? thanks.

i've just realised that when the program is minimized in the systray, the MouseMove event isn't even being called.

well it looks like no-one can help, but is it me or is this code pretty crap anyway? it seems to be the method of almost every example i've seen, but i've found that if i move my mouse to certain points on the screen, the popumenu appears, or the windowstate changes (because of what's going on in the MouseMove event). :rolleyes: