DOCUMENT:Q177095  24-NOV-1997  [vbwin]
TITLE   :FILE: SYSTRAY.EXE: ActiveX Control Adds Icons to Status Area
PRODUCT :Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
PROD/VER:WINDOWS:5.0
OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
KEYWORDS:vb5all

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Visual Basic Professional and Enterprise Editions for
   Windows, version 5.0
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SUMMARY
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SYSTRAY.EXE is an ActiveX control written in Visual Basic that demonstrates
how to add icons to the status area of the taskbar and also processes
callback messages for taskbar icons. Using the new Visual Basic 5.0
AddressOf function, the callback messages are received and processed in a
module that is registered as a callback function in a Win32 API call.

The Visual Basic project for this control can be downloaded from the Visual
Basic Owner's site at the following URL:

 - http://premium.microsoft.com/download/vbasic/systray.exe.

Only registered users of Visual Basic can access this site.

MORE INFORMATION
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In Visual Basic version 4.0, manipulating the status area of the taskbar
required the use a Visual Basic intrinsic control to serve as a Window that
reacts to the callback message. Using an intrinsic control in this fashion
was a way to work around the inability version 4.0 to work with pointers.
This method is documented in the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q162613
   TITLE     : HOWTO: Manipulate Icons in the System Tray with Visual Basic

Visual Basic 5.0, however, has the ability to work with pointers, so you
don't need to use an intrinsic control to add icons to the status area of
the taskbar. Additionally, the control contains properties and mouse
events, such as MouseMove, MouseDown, MouseUp, MouseDblClick, to make the
control more useful by specifying when the icon appears, where the ToolTip
text will be, and the icon image.

Additional query words: system tray

(c) Microsoft Corporation 1997, All Rights Reserved.
Contributions by  Arsenio Locsin, Microsoft Corporation
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Keywords          : vb5all
Version           : WINDOWS:5.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Solution Type     : kbfile

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