Icon of taskbar?

[Evan]

How do you make your program
have an icon on the taskbar
next to your App.title?

Take a look at the Icon property of the Form.

[Evan]

nope nope..

That puts it on the form
I also want it on the
taskbar ( Windows Taskbar)

[crptcblade]

Doesn't the Icon property put the same Icom on the taskbar as on the form??

[Jop]

You mean the Systray?

Private 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

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

Private Const WM_LBUTTONDBLCLK = &H203
Private Const WM_LBUTTONDOWN = &H201
Private Const WM_RBUTTONUP = &H205

Private Declare Function Shell_NotifyIcon Lib "shell32" Alias "Shell_NotifyIconA" (ByVal dwMessage As Long, pnid As NOTIFYICONDATA) As Boolean
Dim TrayI As NOTIFYICONDATA
Private Sub Form_Load()
    TrayI.cbSize = Len(TrayI)
    'Set the window's handle (this will be used to hook the specified window)
    TrayI.hWnd = pichook.hWnd
    'Application-defined identifier of the taskbar icon
    TrayI.uId = 1&
    'Set the flags
    TrayI.uFlags = NIF_ICON Or NIF_TIP Or NIF_MESSAGE
    'Set the callback message
    TrayI.ucallbackMessage = WM_LBUTTONDOWN
    'Set the picture (must be an icon!)
    TrayI.hIcon = imgIcon(2).Picture
    'Set the tooltiptext
    TrayI.szTip = "Recent" & Chr$(0)
    'Create the icon
    Shell_NotifyIcon NIM_ADD, TrayI

    Me.Hide
End Sub
Private Sub Form_Unload(Cancel As Integer)
    'remove the icon
    TrayI.cbSize = Len(TrayI)
    TrayI.hWnd = pichook.hWnd
    TrayI.uId = 1&
    Shell_NotifyIcon NIM_DELETE, TrayI
    End
End Sub
Private Sub mnuPop_Click(Index As Integer)
    Select Case Index
        Case 0
            MsgBox "KPD-Team 1998" + Chr$(13) + "URL: http://www.allapi.net/" + Chr$(13) + "E-Mail: [email protected]", vbInformation + vbOKOnly
        Case 2
            Unload Me
    End Select
End Sub
Private Sub pichook_MouseDown(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
    Msg = X / Screen.TwipsPerPixelX
    If Msg = WM_LBUTTONDBLCLK Then
        'Left button double click
        mnuPop_Click 0
    ElseIf Msg = WM_RBUTTONUP Then
        'Right button click
        Me.PopupMenu mnuPopUp
    End If
End Sub
Private Sub Timer1_Timer()
    Static Tek As Integer
    'Animate the icon
    Me.Icon = imgIcon(Tek).Picture
    TrayI.hIcon = imgIcon(Tek).Picture
    Tek = Tek + 1
    If Tek = 3 Then Tek = 0
    Shell_NotifyIcon NIM_MODIFY, TrayI
End Sub

Ah, yes! The System Tray . Didn't know what you were talking about.

This might be a much easier way than Jop's.

'Module code:

Declare Function Shell_NotifyIcon Lib "shell32" Alias "Shell_NotifyIconA" (ByVal dwMessage As Long, pnid As NOTIFYICONDATA) As Boolean
Public Declare Function SetForegroundWindow Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long) As Long

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
Public Const WM_LBUTTONUP = &H202
Public Const WM_RBUTTONUP = &H205
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 VBGTray As NOTIFYICONDATA


'Form Declarations:
Private Sub GoSystemTray()
  VBGTray.cbSize = Len(VBGTray)
  VBGTray.hwnd = Me.hwnd
  VBGTray.uId = vbNull
  VBGTray.uFlags = NIF_ICON Or NIF_TIP Or NIF_MESSAGE
  VBGTray.ucallbackMessage = WM_MOUSEMOVE
  VBGTray.hIcon = Me.Icon
  'tool tip text
  VBGTray.szTip = Me.Caption & vbNullChar
  Call Shell_NotifyIcon(NIM_ADD, VBGTray)
  App.TaskVisible = False   'remove application from taskbar
  Me.Hide
End Sub

'Form Code:

Private Sub Form_MouseMove(button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
  Static lngMsg As Long
  Static blnFlag As Boolean
  Dim result As Long
lngMsg = X / Screen.TwipsPerPixelX
  If blnFlag = False Then
        blnFlag = True
        Select Case lngMsg
        'right-click
        Case WM_RBUTTONUP
          result = SetForegroundWindow(Me.hwnd)
          PopupMenu MyPopUpMenu
         Case WM_LBUTTONUP
          result = SetForegroundWindow(Me.hwnd)
          PopupMenu MyPopUpMenu
        End Select
        blnFlag = False
 End If
End Sub

Private Sub Form_Resize()
If Me.WindowState = 1 Then
Call GoSystemTray
End If
End Sub

Private Sub Form_Unload(Cancel As Integer)
  VBGTray.cbSize = Len(VBGTray)
  VBGTray.hwnd = Me.hwnd
  VBGTray.uId = vbNull
  Call Shell_NotifyIcon(NIM_DELETE, VBGTray)
  Unload Me
  Set Form1 = Nothing
  End
End Sub

[Evan]

Actually I was referring to the Windows Taskbar..
When your program has an icon and the backborder = none
then the icon doesnt appear!