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Windows API: Creating balloon popups from the SysTray
2004-12-19 -- Kelly E Major
 
Newsgroups: softvelocity.public.clarion6

>Does anyone know how to make a balloon type message that pops up from the
>taskbar tray similar to windows update?
>Even a flashing icon would work.
>
>I have an icon in the taskbar now, using winevent, and a right click menu.

If you want a balloon message from your systray icon, look in your
WinEvnet docs under ds_WinTaskbarBalloon.

If you are looking for a fancy box that rises up out of the taskbar
and will fade out after a time and stack when there is more than one,
here is a link to a ClarionMag article by Jim Kane with an example
app.

http://www.clarionmag.com/cmag/v6/v6n03systraypopup.html

I've used both and they work great, the balloon is super easy to do.

- Kelly



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