Balloon click in Windows 2000

[18experience]

I am trying to do a NotifyIcon Balloon click in Windows 2000.

If have this:

Friend WithEvents TaskBarIcon As XPNotifyIcon.NotifyIcon
Dim TaskBarIcon As New XPNotifyIcon.NotifyIcon
 
Me.TaskBarIcon.ShowBalloon(XPNotifyIcon.NotifyIcon.EBalloonIcon.Info, "You have new alerts waiting." & vbCrLf & _
                "Click balloon to view.", "201 Alerts", 1000)
 
  Private Sub TaskBarIcon_BalloonClick(ByVal sender As Object) Handles TaskBarIcon.BalloonClick
        Me.mnuItmAlerts.PerformClick()
    End Sub

it works fine, in XP, but does anyone know a similar way to do it in Windows 2000? I have limited internet access here at work, so this is my only hope while I am here.

[sparrow1]

Hi,

I found some explanation about the event handler called BalloonClick, and it says that this isn't supported on Windows 2000.
That could be the raeson way it not will work on Windows 2000.

Wkr,

sparrow1

[18experience]

Well, thats what I figured. That is exactly what I have been seeing here with the different workstations.

Right now, the user can see the balloon, but clicking on it causes no action. It has been a long time since I have used 2000. I guess what I should be asking is, can one generally click on balloons in Windows 2000? Or is that a feature that a 2000 user would not expect to have?

[jmcilhinney]

Looking at the documentation for the .NET 2.0 NotifyIcon class, the BallonTipClicked event lists Windows 2000 SP4 amongst its supported platforms. That would imply that that feature was not available in Windows 2000 until SP4. That doesn't mean that the component that you're using supports that feature on Win2K SP4 but you'd need at least that. You'd have to check out the documentation for that specific component to see if there's mention of support for that feature on Win2K.