Tray Icon

[ug505]

Hello,

I am building a program that when minimized will "hide" and run in the background and have a the icon displayed in the tray that when double clicked, unhides the program. The problem is, I don't know where to even start since I'm sort of new to delphi. Can anyone help?

 

[Glenn9999]

If you are using a newer version of Delphi, there will be a control for this purpose and you should use that.

However, if you are not using a Delphi with this control included, there is one that I did once upon a time. Source and examples are in a link on that FAQ. It is coded as a component, so all that is needed is installation.

faq102-7231

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[ug505]

sorry forgot to add, I'm using Delphi 7

 

[ug505]

Could not install, Delphi 7 gave me the following error:

Build
  [Error] WARNING. Duplicate resource(s):
  [Error]   Type  2 (BITMAP), ID TSYSTRAYICON:
  [Error]     File C:\Documents and Settings\GARRETT\My Documents\SysTray Component\systray_comp.dcr resource kept; file SYSTRAY_comp.DCR resource discarded.

 

[Glenn9999]

I don't know precisely how to solve this, but I will say I did this component in Delphi 3, which will probably mean you will need to recompile it for Delphi 7 before you try to install it into the IDE.

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[ug505]

I don't know how to do that. Is there an alternative way to make a tray icon?

 

[Glenn9999]

Is there an alternative way to make a tray icon?

Look into the source of the component and see how to do it and then code it yourself... I'm sure though that someone who has seen Delphi 7 could direct you on how to recompile & install it ...

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[sggaunt]

Have you searched the component archives on Torrys and other Delphi resource sites?

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[ug505]

I don't know any.

 

[DelphiAaron]

JEDI Visual Component Library will help you.

http://downloads.sourceforge.net/pr...pleteJCL201-Build3449.zip?use_mirror=transact

Aaron