On Sun, 09 Aug 2009 21:04:17 +0200 "Rutheford E. Wayne-Smith" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > I've been fighting for a few days to make tray aware a rather old app > without native tray support. I encountered a bunch of issues. I'd > probably post about them when I surrender with everyone of them. > > So far, I made it minimize to the tray when minimized and closed. This > was just a matter of a couple of entries in the Key/Mouse tab and I'm > delighted with it. > > I am however struggling with the window state at program launch. There > is a combo box in the command edition dialog in PP (the one entitled > "Edit list item") which theoretically allows the user to set the program > state when the app is launched. There you can set it to be "normal", > "minimized", "maximized", "hidden" and "tray minned", much like you can > do with the regular Windows shortcuts. > > Fact is that the programs *always* launch like no option was set in such > combo box, no matter what you have selected in there. I think that such > behavior is not expected and that maybe this is a bug in PP. I've been > using PP for years, but can't remember if this switch ever worked. Maybe > it is in progress, is known to be non working or whatever. > > I know that I can make the app launch tray minned using the autorun list, > but in such case the launched window flash briefly in the screen prior > to be hidden, tray minned or whatever, which is ugly. I wonder if this > non working at-launch-status is more straightforward method of dealing > with the window state at launch. > > BTW, the app I'm fighting with is called TakeNote and can be found at > http://users.forthnet.gr/pat/efotinis/programs/takenote.html. Not > updated since 2003 (hence the lack of tray support, I guess). > > Best regards. > -- > Rutheford E. Wayne-Smith <[email protected]> Oh my god! I've been struggling with this for days and right after I posted the message in the list I realized what I was doing wrong. I was testing how the program launches using the "Test" button in the command edition dialog. This way the window state at launch is ignored, but it works after the configuration window is closed. Now I can launch the program hidden, maximized and minimized, but not tray minned. I have PP set so that it minimizes to tray via the "Auto tray min" list. Is there a workaround to launch tray minned? -- Rutheford E. Wayne-Smith <[email protected]>
