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Notify Icon in System Tray With Context Menu Using C#

This document discusses using a notify icon and context menu in the system tray in a C# application. It describes how to set properties of the notify icon like the context menu and balloon tips. It includes code examples for restoring the application window, opening settings, and closing the application from the context menu in the system tray.

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Notify Icon in System Tray With Context Menu Using C#

This document discusses using a notify icon and context menu in the system tray in a C# application. It describes how to set properties of the notify icon like the context menu and balloon tips. It includes code examples for restoring the application window, opening settings, and closing the application from the context menu in the system tray.

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wwwNotify Icon in System Tray with Context

Menu Using C#
By Abhijit Jana | 6 Oct 2007 | Unedited contribution
.NET2.0C#2.0WindowsDevIntermediate
This is a small application which will show how we can use notify icon in System Tray and
also use menu control with it.
 
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Introduction

Using NotifyIcon Components we can put our application icon on Sysytem Tray and
ConextMenuStrip will use to control the menu in System Tray

Background

Function of ConextMenuStrip is same as menu bar. It will appear only when we Right Click

Using the Code


code of this application is very simple, just need to know how to use !

some code like, Restore Application, Open Settings, Close from System Tray are given in
this Section !

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namespace NotifyIcon
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Use_Notify(); // Setting up all Property of Notifyicon

private void Use_Notify()


{
MyNotify.ContextMenuStrip = contextMenuStrip1;
MyNotify.BalloonTipText = "This is A Sample Application";
MyNotify.BalloonTipTitle = "Your Application Name";
MyNotify.ShowBalloonTip(1);
}

private void Form1_Resize(object sender, System.EventArgs e)


{
// Hide The Form when it's minimized

if (FormWindowState.Minimized == WindowState)
Hide();
}
private void MyNotify_DoubleClick(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
// Show the form when Dblclicked on Notifyicon

Show();
WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal;
}
private void closeToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// Will Close Your Application

MyNotify.Dispose();
Application.Exit();
}

private void restoreToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)


{
//Will Restore Your Application

Show();
WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal;
}

private void settingsToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)


{
//Settings 1

MessageBox.Show("Your Application Settings 1");


}

private void settings2ToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)


{
//Settings 2

MessageBox.Show("Your Application Settings 2");


}
}

Points of Interest

You can Apply it with any of your Application !

License

This article, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed underThe Code
Project Open License (CPOL)

About the Author

Abhijit Jana .NET Consultant | Former Microsoft MVP - ASP.NET | CodeProject


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