Icon on the quicklaunch toolbar
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| In wich way could i put the icon of the minimized program(written in BlitzBasic and running) on the quicklaunch bar? |
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| you would probably better off putting the icon in the system tray when you minimize the program, there is code to do this but the search function is off! |
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| Could you help me to search? |
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| You can't put it in the quicklaunch bar, this is basically another folder with a bunch o' shortcuts :) Search is brokendiddly broken so no help at the mo i'm afraid :( |
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| Yep. You've probably go them mixed up. Quicklaunch is a toolbar with shortcuts whereas the system tray is the small icons on your lower right. You'll need a dll with system calls for that one. Try this one http://www.blitzbasic.com/codearcs/codearcs.php?code=1140 |
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| So, using this dll i can put my program on the quicklaunch bar, and i'll see only that icon for my program? |
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| this DLL will allow you to place the icon for your program in the "SYSTEM TRAY", while your main app is actually invisible :) |
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| where can i get the FindWindowUltimate() function? |
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| There are plenty of libraries for blitz that can do this. Try a google search as this was how I found the article above :) |
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| In the example source there was a link to this site, but it says internel error. Could anyone copy it on the next post, please? |
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| FindWindowUltimate() it's used to find the window hwnd. So, this user32.dll function works too: api_FindWindow("Blitz Runtime Class", "test") Now, the problem is, given this example program, in wich way could i only keep the program icon on the system tray as minimized but running? example progra: ; !*! this demo is for Blitz3D only. please use trayexamp.bb for BlitzPlus ; TODO: you will need to place the ggTray.dll and ggTray.decls files in a folder called userlibs under your B3D directory ; TODO: ggTray.dll will need to be in the same directory that your EXE resides in if you compile ; TODO: you need to include the FindWindowUltimate() function or something similar. it requires some entries in user32.decls and ; is located at http://www.blitzbasic.com/Community/posts.php?topic=18287 ; ; TODO: either compile and run the EXE or change cAppDir$ to the hard location of the ICOs. if you choose to compile, be ; sure to put the ggTray.dll in the same directory as your EXE ;Local cAppDir$=SystemProperty("appdir") Local cAppDir$="" AppTitle "test" Global cIconStop$=cAppDir$+"stop.ico" Global cIconStart$=cAppDir$+"usergrp.ico" ; set the graphics Graphics 400,100,16,2 If FileType(cIconStop$)<>1 Cls Text 110,10,"you must set the icon path",True Else ; TODO: you will need to include the FindWindowUltimate() function and its requirements ; or something similar To get the main window handle ; show the initial icon ggTrayCreate(api_FindWindow("Blitz Runtime Class", "test")) ; set the icon ggTraySetIconFromFile(cIconStop$) ; set the tooltip ggTraySetToolTip("Tray Example Stopped") ; show the icon with the updated text ggTrayShowIcon() ; main loop to handle events Repeat ; check for a right click If ggTrayPeekRightClick()>0 ; check the tooltip to see what status we are currently at If Instr(ggTrayGetToolTip(),"Stopped")>0 ; set the icon and a new tip ggTraySetIconFromFile(cIconStart$) ggTraySetToolTip("Tray Example Started") Else ; set the icon and a new tip ggTraySetIconFromFile(cIconStop$) ggTraySetToolTip("Tray Example Stopped") EndIf ; TODO: show your menu here at the event mousex,mousey Cls Text 110,10,"click occurred at: "+ggTrayEventMouseX(ggTrayPeekRightClick())+","+ggTrayEventMouseY(ggTrayPeekRightClick()),True ; clear out the events ggTrayClearEvents() EndIf ; check for a left doubleclick If ggTrayPeekLeftDblClick()>0 Exit EndIf Forever ; clean up the tray ggTrayDestroy() EndIf |
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| Somehow, it seems that only myself and the person who told me this actually know this... To find the Blitz window handle: SystemProperty$("apphWnd") ;This is a native Blitz functionPlease try to pass this knowledge along. It's a very sad and lonely function. http://www.blitzbasic.com/b3ddocs/command.php?name=SystemProperty&ref=2d_cat |
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| Thanks. But now, in wich way could i keep the program icon only on the system tray as minimized but running? |
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| Narr. Mr Picklesworth, See, I know it too :) |
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| So? Please, i need help. |
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| Sorry SP, i posted a pointless post. What you need to do with what Pickles just posted, is add it to the above code- And in the code, instead of FindWindowUltimate, use this instead :) |
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| Do you know how to do it? |
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| I'm not at a system where i can try. :/ |
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| Yes, but do you have any ideas wich i can try? |
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| try what i wrote in the post before last... |
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| Yes, applied. But the problem wasn't it. The problem is that i don't want that the window is visible: if an user minimizes the window, on the bottom bar there is its icon and its name. I don't want them. I want that the program runs on the system tray: so, its minimized but running and don't disturb the user. |
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| Oh, I see. Sorry for wasting your time... There was a blitz hack to do that somewhere- Search isnt working though so godknows where. Besides.. with that aspect, someone else should be able to help other than me. |
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| If anyone would help me, please post. |
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| I FOUND THE SOLUTION. It was in an old old old post. Look at this code. It doesn't do anything, only store a number onto i, for 11 times(i did it to verify if the program was running) and make the windows invisible but active. If you press ctrl-alt-del, you won't see anything. It's great! api_ShowWindow(SystemProperty$("apphWnd"),0) For i=0 To 10 Delay 1000 Next WaitKey() End |
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| You could use my CreateShortcut DLL and the take the .ink file and move it to the quicklauch which is located in an Internet Explorer folder. |
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| i mean another thing, and the previous program is the best for what i want. |
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| Why does it have delay 1000 in it every loop? |
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| In this way i can, stopping the program from the debugger, see if the program works seeing the "i" value. I can't print because the window come visible... |
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