Text in the systray (not icon)
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Guys, How can I get text info into the systray? Something like the clock. All the examples I see are to put icons there but I need to put a small amount of text there (and it would be great if I could change the color of it too - maybe even make it scroll.) Thanks!
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Guys, How can I get text info into the systray? Something like the clock. All the examples I see are to put icons there but I need to put a small amount of text there (and it would be great if I could change the color of it too - maybe even make it scroll.) Thanks!
There's no support for this in the API. If your text can fit on a 16x16 icon, then you can create an icon dynamically with the text on it. Otherwise, you'll have to be extremely creative, possibly finding the system tray window, and creating a child window inside it. It's not that simple either. You might even have to subclass the taskbar so that you can stop the taskbar's default tray positioning, which means writing a DLL and using either
SHLoadInProc()or a system-wide hook to get into explorer's address space... If you manage it, write an article :). You might want to find another way of showing the information though. It's probably not worth the effort of reprogramming Windows. Ryan Being little and getting pushed around by big guys all my life I guess I compensate by pushing electrons and holes around. What a bully I am, but I do enjoy making subatomic particles hop at my bidding - Roger Wright (2nd April 2003, The Lounge)
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