Tray Info Message - Kind of popup thingie

friiks

Feb 12 2008, 02:44 PM

Hi!

I'm doing VB for some time now and for last two days I've been looking for a tutorial which would show me how to create some kind of notification that would pop up from lower-right side of my screen, where the clock is... you know, just like.. when a contact comes online on MSN etc.

I realized that there's no way to make a balloon pop up like the one in the image but is there a way to make anything like that..it doesn't have to be a balloon. A little square in the right spot would be good as well

Thanks in advance, Matt.

imbibe

Feb 12 2008, 05:22 PM

Are you doing this with VB.NET or VB6. This thing is possible with both. in VB6 you need to call the Windows API & in .NET this functionality is in-built.

friiks

Feb 12 2008, 06:30 PM

I'm using VB6...
I couldn't find a way on how to do it with API o_O

imbibe

Feb 13 2008, 04:52 PM

I am attaching a control that you can study to place an icon in the tray area that show tooltips.
So you can provide notification. The screenshot you posted has ballon tips. I will see if I can do it & will do a Tutorial if possible.
If you can't understand the code then I'll try to do the Tutorial tomorrow.

[attachment=1029:TrayArea.txt]

friiks

Feb 13 2008, 05:02 PM

Thanks!

I'll try to understand it...
Looks kinda hard though :S

friiks

Feb 14 2008, 12:51 PM

Oooh, could you please make a tutorial or explain by showing an example maybe ?

imbibe

Feb 15 2008, 03:16 PM

Sorry, I don't have the time to make the tutorial. I used that code in one of my projects. I am attaching that project to help you out.

Actually I wrapped that code in a control. You only need to set a few properties like the ICON to be displayed in the notification area, the TOOLTIP etc. You can then handle the LEFT-MOUSE-CLICK or RIGHT-MOUSE-CLICK events on the ICON (in the notification area).

[attachment=1031:Wall_xp.zip]

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