Refresh System Tray

Hi,

When I exit from a program that runs in the tray,
the tray isn't refreshing itself untill I move over
the tray with the mouse.
How can I refresh the tray within the code ?


TIA

Eddie

Hi Eddi

I don't know the variables you're using, but in my systemtray program, I'm using the following code when the form unloads:

Code:

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Sub Form_Unload(Cancel as Integer)  'your unload sub       
        '...your stuff
        TrayIcon.cbSize = Len(TrayIcon)
        TrayIcon.hwnd = Me.hwnd
        TrayIcon.uId = vbNull
        Call Shell_NotifyIcon(NIM_DELETE, TrayIcon)
        Unload Me
        End
End Sub

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I didn't try if 'Call Shell_NotifyIcon(NIM_DELETE, yourtrayicon)' is enough or if you really need all the code(I copied it, too)...

Hope you can use this

...and here's the code I'm using in my module...

Code:

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'----- Systray
Declare Function Shell_NotifyIcon Lib "shell32" Alias "Shell_NotifyIconA" (ByVal dwMessage As Long, pnid As NOTIFYICONDATA) As Boolean

Public Const WM_LBUTTONDBLCLK = &H203
Public Const WM_RBUTTONUP = &H205

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

Public Const WM_MOUSEMOVE = &H200

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 TrayIcon As NOTIFYICONDATA

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