new program idea... having problems

ok, my cousin wants me to make him a program. It will run in the system tray. When he double-clicks it, it opens up and asks for a password. When he types in the correct password, it makes a folder (for example, c:\hidden) visible, but then when he double-clicks the icon again, it hides it, so that it's hidden in Explorer, except when "Show All Files" is selected.

I haven't been able to figure out much about system trays, nor about changing folder options...

Hi,

You can use the Shell_NotifyIcon API and the Filesystem object to do ur task. I'm not telling u the whole code. Just research on this and try to find out by urself. If u have any doubt please ask me


Faisal

the filesystem object:
objects are like, command buttons, labels, and everything, correct? do i need a component for the filesystem one?

i'm not at my workstation with vb on it, so i can't check this minute... but i will when i get home

hey mandrako...

This will get you started:

To get it in the tray:

Code:

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'got it here from Vbworld

'MODULE
Declare Function Shell_NotifyIcon Lib "shell32.dll" Alias _
"Shell_NotifyIconA" (ByVal dwMessage As Long, lpData As _
NOTIFYICONDATA) As Long

Public Type NOTIFYICONDATA
    cbSize As Long
    hwnd As Long
    uID As Long
    uFlags As Long
    uCallbackMessage As Long
    hIcon As Long
    szTip As String * 64
End Type

Public Const NIM_ADD = &H0
Public Const NIM_MODIFY = &H1
Public Const NIM_DELETE = &H2
Public Const NIF_MESSAGE = &H1
Public Const NIF_ICON = &H2
Public Const NIF_TIP = &H4

'Make your own constant, e.g.:
Public Const NIF_DOALL = NIF_MESSAGE Or NIF_ICON Or NIF_TIP

Public Const WM_MOUSEMOVE = &H200
Public Const WM_LBUTTONDBLCLK = &H203
Public Const WM_LBUTTONDOWN = &H201
Public Const WM_RBUTTONDOWN = &H204

'FORM CODE
Public Sub CreateIcon()
Dim Tic As NOTIFYICONDATA
Tic.cbSize = Len(Tic)
Tic.hwnd = Picture1.hwnd
Tic.uID = 1&
Tic.uFlags = NIF_DOALL
Tic.uCallbackMessage = WM_MOUSEMOVE
Tic.hIcon = Picture1.Picture
Tic.szTip = "Visual Basic Demo Project" & Chr$(0)
erg = Shell_NotifyIcon(NIM_ADD, Tic)
End Sub

Public Sub DeleteIcon()
Dim Tic As NOTIFYICONDATA
Tic.cbSize = Len(Tic)
Tic.hwnd = Picture1.hwnd
Tic.uID = 1&
erg = Shell_NotifyIcon(NIM_DELETE, Tic)
End Sub

'To to Click event of Command1, add the following code:
CreateIcon

'To the Click event of Command2, add the following code:
DeleteIcon

'To the MouseMove event of Picture1, add the following code:

X = X / Screen.TwipsPerPixelXSelect Case X
Case WM_LBUTTONDOWN
Caption = "Left Click"
Case WM_RBUTTONDOWN
Caption = "Right Click"
Case WM_MOUSEMOVE
Caption = "Move"
Case WM_LBUTTONDBLCLK
Caption = "Double Click"
End Select

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To set it to hidden/normal

Code:

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SetAttr FILE, vbHidden 'hidden
SetAttr FILE, vbNormal 'back to normal

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Say hi to your cousin!

U can use the Microsoft Scripting runtime to play with files