I created one tray application. It's icon will be change based on condition.
At one point I want functionality in which my icon should be blink like it can be gif.
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How do I create an windows application (preferably in C#) that gets anchored in the taskbar next to the system tray (similar to the Lenovo notebook battery application)?
I'm trying to display my glucose in real time on the taskbar - I need to display 3 digits (glucose) and an icon indicating if it is steady, going up or down.
I'm making a desktop mascot with unity, and I do not want to see the icon appearing on the task bar, I want the icon in the system tray. Is there a way to do this?
PS: This is NOT a windows form (it's a game), so I believe Form.ShowInTaskbar will not work.
I've never programmed in Unity, but I'm assuming you are working in a Windows window. If you make the top level window for the application not appear in the main area of the Taskbar, make the window a "Tool Window" (by setting the WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW extended style on the window), then the window/app will not show up on the taskbar.
I'll leave it to someone how knows enough Unity to tell you how to set that style. Here's a reference to start with (on the Windows side, not the Unity side): Managing Taskbar Buttons
I've created a winforms application. All is running fine, also the taskbar button is created and shown in taskbar including the correct icon.
Whenever I move the form from one display to the second display, the taskbar button stays at the display from where the form was initial start.
I also compared the settings with another winforms application where the behaviour is correct. Means, the button is moving/switching/whatever to the active display where the form is moved to.
Hopefully it is just a small thing, but I came not across with it.
It is an OS feature.
For windows 7 there is no built-in support to show taskbar for your second monitor and your taskbar buttons will always show on first monitor taskbar.
For windows 8 you can open Taskbar properties and in Multiple displays settings, check Show taskbar on all displays and then set the value of Show taskbar bottons on: to Taskbar where window is open
Is it possible to create a Window which "points" to the system tray icon which was clicked to invoke it? I don't know what the arrow is called so I am attaching a picture to make myself clearer. WPF does not support notification icons so the system tray icon is created using System.Windows.Forms.NotifyIcon.
I am changing the icon by doing the following in the Main form:
this.Icon = myIcon;
And this works fine in Windows 7 except when I "pin" the application to the taskbar, this seems to have no effect on the taskbar icon and only affects the top/left of the window icon.
How do I ensure that I can change the application taskbar icon as well in Windows 7 without having to use Windows 7 Icon overlays as that will just be overlaying another graphic on the icon but not changing the main icon?
Pinned app actually creates a windows shortcut. So to do this will have to manipulate a windows shortcut file on disk. Not a good idea as it seems hacky. Decided to use overlays instead.