Notify Icon for console Application.

[PlaGuE]

I have a console application in C# and i would like to have a notify icon.
Have yet to find an example for it. searched google for "Status Tray Icon for C# console application". ... among others. eg "Console Application Notify Icon forC# ."

Help is much apperciated.

[conipto]

I believe the only way to do it is to add a reference to System.Windows.Forms and declare it as a System.Windows.Forms.NotifyIcon and ContextMenu..

Not exactly a console app once you hit the system tray though, is it

Bill

[PlaGuE]

Yeah. Well...

I guess i could use winForm.

but i really didnt wana.

Also i thought you could use a notify icon with console app's.. at least thats what i've seen done.

[iPrank]

...... at least thats what i've seen done.

Are you sure those apps aren't using any hidden form ?

What i guess from my VB6 experience is, it is impossible to do without a form (window).

My guess is, the .NET framework relies on Win32 API (Shell_NotifyIcon) to display the tray icon. The api expects a NOTIFYICONDATA structure from where it gets a window handle and a callback message to use.
Then, the original window receives the events we perform on trayicon in it's default winproc via that callback message.

' [b]The NOTIFYICONDATA Structure[/b]
 
Private Type NOTIFYICONDATA
    cbSize As Long
    hWnd As Long ' It is needed
    uId As Long
    uFlags As Long
    ucallbackMessage As Long
    hIcon As Long
    szTip As String * 64
End Type