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This is a full working version. It is FREE to download and use.
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Get your free 'instant' notifyicon applications here!
Want to create applications that sit in the System Tray and show balloon tip messages etc. Well, just import this template into Visual C# Express and the next time you select 'New Project' you’ll find a System Tray Application 'NotifyIcon' project template waiting to be clicked.
This is a fully working 'shell' of a system tray 'NotifyIcon' application that's ready to run. In fact, click the run button and see the icon appear in the system tray.
The template is set up to demonstrate various aspects of its functionality. When it runs, you will see a demo 'Balloon Tip' message. The 'NotifyIcon' also has it's own demonstration 'mouseover' message and a sample pre-built menu that you can easily modify. The demo context menu has three options. 'Shut-Down' will cause the app to finish, 'Close' will just close the menu but the app keeps running and 'Set-up' will open a blank form.
Just strip out what you don’t want and modify what you do. All the bits are here, it's up to you to work it out and turn it into something practical. Start in ApplicationContext.cs and examine the code. From there you can go on to build virtually any kind of System Tray Application that you want.
Installation in Visual Studio Express.
Download the file ‘UHRSystemTrayApplication.zip’
Do NOT unzip the file, just place it in the Visual Studio ‘Templates’ folder.
Depending on which operating system and version of Visual Studio you are using, the path to the Templates folder will look something like one of these:
XP with Express 2005: ‘\My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Templates\ProjectTemplates\Visual C#’
Vista with Express 2008: ‘\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Templates\ProjectTemplates\Visual C#’
Just copy the zip file to the Visual C# ‘ProjectTemplates’ folder and that’s it!
To create a new System Tray Application project, click ‘File’ on the Visual Express menu and select ‘New Project’. In the New Project window click the ‘UHRSystemTrayApplication’ icon and you’re in business. (see diagram on right)
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