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 Printed November 23, 2024, 8:17 pm This article has been viewed/printed 35309 times. Google search has resulted in 47 hits on this article since January 25, 2004. |