Minimize to tray button

[Gerco]

In the window title bar of my app, there is a minimize, maximize and close buttons. I saw another app (leechftp, getright) and it had a "minimize to tray" button, also in the window titlebar.

Does anyone know how to add that button to the title bar and how to know if it was clicked?

Gerco.

Anyone?

I guess noone knows...

Defend your honor Matthew Gates and other guru's!

Matthew's not on at the moment but try this don't know where I got it from but it worked in one of mine

That looks fine, but I already know how to place an icon in the system tray...

What I need is a button next to the minimize button to activate the minimize to tray function.

Gerco.

[JamesM]

I've seen apps using this, I would also like to know how to add an extra button to the control box of a form.

[MidgetsBro]

Private Sub Form_Resize()
If Me.WindowState = vbMaximized Then
Me.WindowState = vbNormal
'Put your minimize to tray code here
End If
End Sub

Does that help?

[MetallicaD]

That code seems good, you could replace the max button with your min to tray button, but again.. how do you get your button onto the control box?

[Gerco]

I don't WANT to replace any button with a minimise to tray button. What I mean is this:

[MidgetsBro]

Matthew Gates posted an example he made that allows you to do this, but I can't find it. Maybe you can ask him if he still has it, or the post number, so you can download it. It was pretty cool.

[MetallicaD]

Attached is the code that Matthew Gates wrote.. i dont remember the thread i got this on..


I like what he did here, but i dont like the way it looks

[billfaceuk]

Why don't you just set the form border style to zero
add a label backgroung color=dark blue then add your own buttons. The form can still be moved if you use the api trick to move a form without title bar.

[Gerco]

I tried, it, but I don't like it... so many programs have an extra button, there MUST be some 'standard' way of doing it...