I've created a system tray application using c#. And it is running successfully. Now the problem is, a notification window that has to be popped up when a particular event occurs(Not with a new icon but for the same icon which present in the notification area). The notification should last for few seconds and the notification area icon's colour should be changed till the window disappears.
Please suggest solutions. Thanks for helping!!!
If you use the class NotifyIcon you can set the Icon property:
notifyIcon.Icon = <Some Icon> (ex. Properties.Resources.IconRed, if in your resources).
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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
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 want to make my programs tray icon change colors if a certain event occurs. Can I set my code to change the tray icon while it runs?
Just set the NotifyIcon.Icon property to the new icon to change it.
I am making my own taskbar which will replace the default windows one. How do I get a list of everything that is in the system tray (notification area)?
FindWindow with the classname Shell_TrayWnd can get you this information. Here are two sample C++ projects
http://skyscraper.fortunecity.com/gigo/311/winprog/shellico.txt
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/applications/ShellTrayInfo.aspx
If you are trying to create an icon in the notification area (usually near the clock in the taskbar), see the NotifyIcon class. The docs have an example for creating a notification icon with a context menu.
How would one go about displaying taskbar notifications?
I want to write an app that periodically displays a flash card esque notification, the intention is to see if a 5 second or so distraction every hour can help with language learning.
In .NET you can use the Notification Icon to place a notification in the system tray.
For the application you describe, I probably wouldn't use a notification icon or taskbar icon. You'll likely need a larger window displayed, with larger font.
I'd open a frameless window (possibly faded or scrolled into view) that sits in the lower-left of the desktop. (Although of course remember that not everyone has the taskbar at the bottom of the screen).
As an example, look at what Outlook or many RSS readers do to notify of new messages - this feature is commonly called a "toast" pop-up.