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Old April 13th, 2007, 07:28 AM
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Default icon in sys tray in vb.net 2005

Hi there
I wanted my application icon to come into the sys tray.
I am installing my program after then...,I am able to do it on double clicking my exe .
But this is not required.
I wanted to invoke the icon into the sys tray during the installation process.I meant into the System Configuration Utility (msconfig)
Can U help me.
Thank You.

 
Old May 3rd, 2007, 08:37 AM
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Look up the NotifyIcon class for adding it into the system tray.

Then run the application, and when minimised,

NotifyIcon = true
ShowInTaskbar = false
Visible = false.

To get it to run after installation, add a custom action to the install.

Hope this helps.

Dominic





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