On 8/16/2006 5:51 PM, Tommy Single wrote:
QUESTION 1:
How do I automatically start my application when Windows starts?
Put a shortcut in the user's Startup folder. The exact location depends
on the version of Windows. What versions do you need to support?
QUESTION 2:
How do I make the application invisible to the user and have an icon in the
system tray next to clock?
To make the application invisible, you must hide the window(s). I don't
know if RB supports this directly, but you can certainly do it using the
Win32 API. See
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/winui/winui/WindowsUserInterface/Windowing/Windows/WindowReference/WindowFunctions/ShowWindow.asp>
I think that the declaration statement would be:
Function ShowWindow(ByVal hWnd As Integer, ByVal nCmdShow As Integer) As
Integer
You would pass Self.Handle as the first parameter and SW_HIDE as the
second. SW_HIDE is a constant defined as zero:
Const SW_HIDE = 0
To put an icon in the system tray, you have to do a little more work.
Here's an article showing how to do it in VB. You should be able to
translate that into RB fairly easily:
<http://www.codeguru.com/columns/VB/article.php/c6547>
QUESTION 3:
How do I make the application display a "balloon" next to the system tray
like when you are installing new hardware on Windows?
Will a tooltip do? If so, the above article shows you how. If it has
to be a balloon, take a look at this article:
<http://www.codeguru.com/Cpp/misc/misc/systemtray/article.php/c3891>
It is written in C, but the code can be converted to RB. If you need
help with that, please reply on the list.
--
Charles Calvert
Celtic Wolf, Inc.
(703) 580-0210
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.celticwolf.com/
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