Show a hint for an iconized application (Views: 2141)
Problem/Question/Abstract: I need to show some information to the user when the mouse moves over the icon in the tray sector. I am using the Shell_NotifyIcon funtion with NIM_ADD, NIM_DELETE parameters to show or not show the icon. How to show that hint? Answer: It is automatic, you only need to tell Shell_NotifyIcon which hint to use. {Update the tray icons tooltip} procedure UpdateTrayTip; var nim: TNotifyIconData; begin FillChar(nim, sizeof(nim), 0); nim.cbSize := Sizeof(nim); nim.Wnd := wnd; nim.uID := ICONID; nim.uFlags := NIF_TIP; StrLCopy(nim.szTip, GetTrayTooltip, Sizeof(nim.szTip) - 1); Shell_NotifyIcon(NIM_MODIFY, @nim); end; GetTrayTooltip is a function that in my case returns a PChar pointing at an entry in a constant array of Pchars. You can use StrPLCopy if you have a String holding the tooltip instead. You can set the tip on NIM_ADD as well. |