I'm working on an app at the moment that requires a bunch of apps not made by me to run. The user has to be able to put some inputs into these other apps, but after that I'd like to have a button they can push on my app that minimizes all of these other apps under one icon I can choose. When the icon is clicked, these other apps would jump back up again.
View 11 Replies1) Is it possible to allow a vb 2008 program to run at computer startup. Meaning, one the computer is turned on, it will load up with all the other startup programs so that it is ready to use.
2) I also would like to know if it is possible to have the program minimize down to the tray where all start up programs usually appear. So that instead of it cluttering up the task bar it will be in the tray and when they clcik or double click it, it will open back up.
I've created one project where I want to start application directly minimize in system tray,it is there but I can see it also in taskbar. [code]
View 5 RepliesI have a button that will Minimize the program to the system tray. How would it to look something like the picture on the bottom when the Notify Icon is clicked once or right clicked?
View 3 RepliesI have created a program that i want to be able to minimize to the system tray in stead of the task tray... Dose anyone have a code on how to do this?
View 18 Replieshow I can minimize an application to tray & associate a menu on right click on the icon in system tray.
I know I have to use NotifyIcon in the code but explain in detail the whole thing as well as how to add menus.
I've looked all over the internet and did a search on Dreamincode.net but I can't find anything on minimizing to the tray for Vb 2008.What I want to achieve is if the user hits the "X" button at the top, the application should minimize to the tray. When I right-click on the icon, a context menu strip should appear.
View 14 RepliesI am busy making a Web Browser (gSurf). All I want is for my Web Browser to minimize to the tray and when you click on the icon it must maximize
View 5 RepliesI am doing my project in vb.net 2008. When I minimize my running windows application its icon must be minimized and fit in system tray. And when we doing some other works in our system (such as video playing or other working) my windows application must works in background.
View 2 Repliesrecently been working on an application and added a minimize to tray feature. An update to the program made it so I could run multiple instances of the application without them interfering with each other. Which is great and what I had planned. BUT now when more than 1 instance of the application is running I have two notify(tray)icons on the system tray.My question is how, if its even possible, would I make both minimize into the same tray icon and just add a contextmenuitem to the right click menu (listing the name of the windows that are minimized). I hope thats not too confusing.I know how to add the contextmenuitems that won't be an issue once I can figure out how to get the windowstate of the other instance of the application.
instance1\..................................................._open instance1.windowcaption
...............\_______trayicon>contextmenu__/__open instance2.windowcaption
.............../................................................\___close all instances
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How to minimize a form windows to system tray?
View 6 RepliesI'm trying to create a program that when I press the X or _ buttons on the form it minimizes to the notification area(system tray). I did find some stuff but didn't understand were to put the code I just have some basic knowledge in VB.net. What I read was something about the formclosing event
Private Sub frmMain_FormClosing(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.FormClosingEventArgs) Handles Me.FormClosing
Me.WindowState = FormWindowState.Minimized
e.Cancel = True
'Me.Visible = False
End Sub
and well it sort of works to what I want but don't know were to go from there.. what I read from another post was that I had to do something with "NotifyIcon Class" but still didn't know what to do with that or where to put the code.
Basically what I want the program to do is minimize to system tray and a tooltip will pop up when I hover my mouse over it and display something that I want. Also when I right click the icon I would like some options to be displayed so that I could program it to close.
I manage to minimize all the applications now how to restore them all ?
View 18 Repliesmy program has a tray icon and i want it to show up in the system tray. so i went into my windows notification area and set it to show icon for my app. But when my app update to a new version with clickonce, it will think its a new app and i have to set it again. Is there a way that it will treat all new version as the same program and i dont have to keep setting it?
View 3 RepliesI've never had a need minimize my application until today. But when I did, and I brought it back up, it looked... strange. Which makes me think it has something to do with a paint problem... or something.
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i have develop an application which write to comport. what i am exp is application hang while writing to port i cant minimize nor move the exe. the better part is it does task successfully for what it is made for.
View 9 RepliesI wanted to know how to hide the three buttons on the form; close, minimize, and maximize.
View 2 RepliesIs there any way I could have the Minimize button on form while at the same time to have the Close button [X] deactivated (or removed or anything) ? I just want to give the opportunity to the user to minimize the form , but to force him to close the form with the Close mutton , not with the X button
View 3 Repliesi'm making launchers for the game MuOnline with vb 08 and i want to ask how to make when players are playing and they press F11 to minimize the game and f12 to restore the game back to fullscreen or if its window mode to restore it to window mode
View 2 RepliesWhen i maximize my screen my web browser displays perfectly , when i minimize i start to get problems. I have the tabbed web browser anchor set to left,right,top,bottom , so it minimizes perfectly. My problem is my URL/search bars and buttons wont minimize like the browser does, ive tried using the anchor settings but it just put everything everywhere. What am i doing wrong ?
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How do you go about putting your app in the system tray or pinning to the task bar (as in Windows 7)?How do you become part of the right-click menu on the desktop or files - like you see various zip archive tools?
View 4 RepliesHow do you go about putting your app in the system tray or pinning to the task bar (as in Windows 7)?How do you become part of the right-click menu on the desktop or files - like you see various zip archive tools?
View 3 RepliesI had created a media player using directx. It works perfectly even with resizing the form but I having problem when I minimize it. I use panel as the owner of the video and after I minimize and change it to normal state, the panel goes blank but the sound goes on. Then I get an error in application notification by VB2008. There might be something to do with the graphics where I dint handle it when I minimize it.
View 3 RepliesI have this rather annoying problem when printing in VB.NET. I use the PrintDocument object and after it has done its job, the form gets minimized to the taskbar. I tried to force the focus on the form but to no avail. I was just wondering if someone else has encountered this problem and maybe has a solution for it?
View 6 RepliesI know how to minmize to systemtray using a button and by the use of a notifyIcon, but i want to minmize to system tray using the minimize button on the title bar of the form. I think it as something to do with the resize event but i dont know what.
View 9 Repliesi want to write a program that runs ONLY in system tray, and when i click on it it shows a context menu.. everything i already know, but..
My program shows up in menu, when i click Alt + Tab, or Win + Tab.. A made it invisible, hidden, changed the transparency to 0, but still it shows up..
Notifyicon1.visible = True
NotifyIcon1.Icon = Me.Icon
Me.Hide
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A nice quick one I was wondering if anyone know the answer two (was shown a rough way to do this in vb6 but that was a long time ago)I have an application running in the system tray which I want as single instance (and currently have set as single instance)
However if someone double click on on the Desktop Icon or Startmenu Icon etc I want the main menu form to appear (frmMainMenu). Is it possible so that if opening the app when its already running triggers an invent in first instance rather than creating a new instance?
I want to make my Form's icon appear on System tray - as long as my application is running [not just when minimizing]. How do I do that?
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If i have a NotifyIcon is it possible to owner draw the balloon tip for it?If not i was thinking it would have to be done this way:Work out if the icon is visible or not (as in not collapsed in windows vista / 7 / xp), and if not call ShowBalloonTip to force the icon visible then hide the balloon somehow. Work out the rect in relatio
View 1 RepliesI'm trying to build an application that when I press a keyboard shortcut, say CTRL + ~, if the window is minimized to the system tray it is displayed.
I have seen a few programs do this and have always wondered how to do this, but haven't had the opportunity to do learn it until now and I really don't know if its something simple or complex.