System Tray Icon in C++

Question

I got a basic window made from C++. What I need to do is whenever I click the Minimize button the window will be placed in the System Tray and whenever I double click on the Icon it will restore...

Mei

Some suggestions. 1) Tag it with the platform you're targeting both OS (Windows I guess, but I don't know ) and the API system you're using 2) Show us what you do have and explain what your don't know. – Narcose

I use Window XP and WinAPI.. I want to know how could I put my program to system tray whenever I minimize it. – Mei

possible duplicate of How do is the Win32 API used in C++ to minimize a window to the system tray? – Wariness

Answer 1

check msdn about a struct: NOTIFYICONDATA and a function:

BOOL Shell_NotifyIcon( DWORD dwMessage,PNOTIFYICONDATA lpdata);

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and also a demo here.

Hope you can understand:)

Cadell

what if I want to show/hide systems icon like network/volume/microphone? – Vtehsta

Answer 2

You will need to use Shell_NotifyIcon to interact with the notification area (system tray).

Arcboutant

how could I used Shell_NotifyIcon? – Mei

what if I want to show/hide systems icon like network/volume/microphone? – Vtehsta

@Vtehsta sounds like you should just ask this as a question. – Arcboutant