I am writing a simple application that I would like to control with a notifyIcon rather than a form, I have follwed examples I found through Google, but my notifyIcon will not show up. What am I doing wrong?
static class MainEntryClass
{
///
/// The main entry point for the application.
///
[STAThread]
static void Main()
{
Application.EnableVisualStyles();
Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
C2F TestApp = new C2F();
Application.Run();
TestApp.Dispose();
}
}
class C2F
{
public C2F()
{
InitializeComponent();
loadSettings();
}
private void InitializeComponent()
{
this.components = new System.ComponentModel.Container();
System.ComponentModel.ComponentResourceManager resources = new System.ComponentModel.ComponentResourceManager(typeof(C2F));
this.niC2F = new System.Windows.Forms.NotifyIcon(this.components);
this.contextMenuStrip1 = new System.Windows.Forms.ContextMenuStrip(this.components);
this.settingsToolStripMenuItem = new System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem();
this.separatorToolStripMenuItem = new System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripSeparator();
this.exitToolStripMenuItem = new System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem();
this.contextMenuStrip1.SuspendLayout();
//
// niC2F
//
this.niC2F.BalloonTipText = "MyApp";
this.niC2F.Icon = ((System.Drawing.Icon)(Clipboard2File.Properties.Resources.ResourceManager.GetObject("MyIcon.ico")));
this.niC2F.Text = "MyApp";
this.niC2F.ContextMenuStrip = this.contextMenuStrip1;
this.niC2F.ShowBalloonTip(5);
this.niC2F.Visible = true;
this.niC2F.MouseClick += new System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventHandler(this.niC2F_MouseClick);
//
// contextMenuStrip1
//
this.contextMenuStrip1.Items.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem[] {
this.settingsToolStripMenuItem,
this.separatorToolStripMenuItem,
this.exitToolStripMenuItem});
this.contextMenuStrip1.Name = "contextMenuStrip1";
this.contextMenuStrip1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(153, 76);
//
// settingsToolStripMenuItem
//
this.settingsToolStripMenuItem.Name = "settingsToolStripMenuItem";
this.settingsToolStripMenuItem.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(152, 22);
this.settingsToolStripMenuItem.Text = "Settings";
this.settingsToolStripMenuItem.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.settingsToolStripMenuItem_Click);
//
// separatorToolStripMenuItem
//
this.separatorToolStripMenuItem.Name = "separatorToolStripMenuItem";
this.separatorToolStripMenuItem.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(149, 6);
this.separatorToolStripMenuItem.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.exitToolStripMenuItem_Click);
//
// exitToolStripMenuItem1
//
this.exitToolStripMenuItem.Name = "exitToolStripMenuItem1";
this.exitToolStripMenuItem.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(152, 22);
this.exitToolStripMenuItem.Text = "Exit";
}
private System.ComponentModel.IContainer components = null;
private Form1 frmSettings = new Form1();
private Settings C2FSettings = new Settings();
private System.Windows.Forms.NotifyIcon niC2F;
private System.Windows.Forms.ContextMenuStrip contextMenuStrip1;
private System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem settingsToolStripMenuItem;
private System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripSeparator separatorToolStripMenuItem;
private System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem exitToolStripMenuItem;
}
Answer
I actually just finished a project that started as a NotifyIcon. Your code (I'm guessing you just provided a snippet) is incredibly similar to mine.
I checked your code, and the only change I had to make to get it to work was changing the way you called the icon to:
this.niC2F.Icon = new System.Drawing.Icon(@"C:\PathToIcon\iconfile.ico");
Below is a working sample with a right-click menu and double-click functionality:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace TestApp
{
static class MainEntryClass
{
///
/// The main entry point for the application.
///
[STAThread]
static void Main()
{
Application.EnableVisualStyles();
Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
C2F TestApp = new C2F();
Application.Run();
}
}
class C2F
{
System.ComponentModel.Container component;
System.Drawing.Icon icon;
ContextMenuStrip rightClickMenu = new ContextMenuStrip();
NotifyIcon trayIcon;
ToolStripMenuItem options = new ToolStripMenuItem();
ToolStripMenuItem restore = new ToolStripMenuItem();
ToolStripMenuItem exit = new ToolStripMenuItem();
ToolStripSeparator seperator = new ToolStripSeparator();
public C2F()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void InitializeComponent()
{
icon = new System.Drawing.Icon(@"C:\PathToIcon\iconfile.ico");
component = new System.ComponentModel.Container();
trayIcon = new NotifyIcon(component);
trayIcon.Text = "Bill Reminder";
trayIcon.Icon = icon;
trayIcon.Visible = true;
trayIcon.DoubleClick += new EventHandler(trayIcon_DoubleClick);
trayIcon.ContextMenuStrip = rightClickMenu;
rightClickMenu.Items.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem[]
{
options,
seperator,
restore,
exit
});
options.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Segoe UI", 9F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, ((byte)(0)));
options.Text = "Options";
options.Click += new EventHandler(options_Click);
restore.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Segoe UI", 9F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Bold, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, ((byte)(0)));
restore.Text = "Restore Window";
restore.Click += new EventHandler(restore_Click);
exit.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Segoe UI", 9F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, ((byte)(0)));
exit.Text = "Exit";
exit.Click += new EventHandler(exit_Click);
}
void exit_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Application.Exit();
}
void restore_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
FormName showWindow = new FormName();
showWindow.Show();
}
void options_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Settings_Window settings = new Settings_Window();
settings.Show();
}
void trayIcon_DoubleClick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
FormName showWindow = new FormName();
showWindow.Show();
}
}
}
Hope this helps you, let me know if you have any questions!