systray bubbles?

[medicenpringles]

ya know those little bubbles that pop up above your systray to give you messages? is is possible to put other controls in those, such as checkboxes, radio buttons, and textboxes? if so (or not), how to i create one?

Main Language: Visual Basic .NET
Development Environment: Visual Studio .NET 2003

 

[RiverGuy]

Are you talking about a tool tip? Or those things that come up and say something like "you have 1 new email message?" The former is a defualt .Net control. The latter would would be easy to create from scratch.

 

[medicenpringles]

i'm speaking of the one's that pop up when you have a windows update to install, or a new device is plugged in. the yellow speaking bubble above the systray that pops up then w/ text in it.

Main Language: Visual Basic .NET
Development Environment: Visual Studio .NET 2003

 

[ThatRickGuy]

Man do I hate those things. Right up their with Clippy and the Search Puppy.

-Rick

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[RiverGuy]

I think I misread your question. Do you want to put controls in a systray bubble? Or do you want to you the systray type bubbles on normal windows forms controls?

 

[earthandfire]

I couldn't agree more, Rick.

 

[medicenpringles]

well first of all i want to know how to show a normal one. then if i can put controls in it, even better.

Main Language: Visual Basic .NET
Development Environment: Visual Studio .NET 2003

 

[RiverGuy]

OK. I don't think those things are attached to their specific systray item, correct? They just hover above the task bar. What you could do is design a small form with the look you want and controls you want on it...Then you can write code to show it in the correct position:

Dim ft As New frmTip
        ft.Show()
        ft.Top = Screen.PrimaryScreen.WorkingArea.Height - ft.Height
        ft.Left = Screen.PrimaryScreen.WorkingArea.Width - ft.Width
        ft.ShowInTaskbar = False

 

[ThatRickGuy]

I'm all for systray icons. But, they are in a box, they should stay in the damn box. Same with that "where are my programs?" pop-up in the start bar. If you want my attention, flash in the tray, I'll click on you and let you out of the box.

Anyways, if you want, create a borderless form and open it at the positon that puts it above your sysicon.

-Rick

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[medicenpringles]

so there's not an actual .net component for this?

Main Language: Visual Basic .NET
Development Environment: Visual Studio .NET 2003

 

[medicenpringles]

oh, and is there a way to modify the look of the blue bar that hold the control box? (the minimize, maximize, and close buttons)

Main Language: Visual Basic .NET
Development Environment: Visual Studio .NET 2003

 

[medicenpringles]

i'm sorry if this is getting annoying. i'm a begginer. so i get real excited about this stuff.

Main Language: Visual Basic .NET
Development Environment: Visual Studio .NET 2003

 

[chrissie1]

there are several you can download from codeproject and the like.

Christiaan Baes
Belgium

I just like this --> [Wiggle] [Wiggle]

 

[RiverGuy]

I would just take the title bar off. .FormBorderStyle = None I believe.