system tray

[scrypt3r]

does any1 know how to make the app wen minimized to go to the system tray as a icon

[Hamrick]

Add a NotifyIcon to your project that's only visible when the main form's window state is minimized.

[scrypt3r]

sory for the trouble but how

[Hamrick]

That's what the link is for. :) Here's a super short program that does it.

Public Class MainForm
  Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form

  Private _trayIcon As System.Windows.Forms.NotifyIcon

  Public Sub New()
    Me.InitializeComponent()
  End Sub

  Protected Overrides Sub OnResize(ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
    Me._trayIcon.Visible = (Me.WindowState = FormWindowState.Minimized)
    MyBase.OnResize(e)
  End Sub

  Private Sub InitializeComponent()
    Me.SuspendLayout()
    Me._trayIcon = New System.Windows.Forms.NotifyIcon()
    Me._trayIcon.Icon = New System.Drawing.Icon( _
      "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\VS2005" & _
      "ImageLibrary\VS2005ImageLibrary\VS2005ImageLibrary\icons\WinXP\app.ico")
    Me.ResumeLayout(False)
  End Sub
End Class

[scrypt3r]

tnkx