Tray Baloon Notifications

Aramir · 04-15-2003, 04:03 AM

There is a feature in Win2K/ME/XP, called "tray baloon". Looks like this:

(screenshot was taken from Watznew program)

I think its a great way to notify user about important stuff. Following events should be available (as options) for tray baloon notificatios:

- connecting to <...>
- connected to <...>
- transfer started: <filename.xxx> (xxx Kb)
- transfer completed: <filename.xxx> (in <hh:mm:ss>)
- transfer completed: <filename.xxx> (in <hh:mm:ss>), Queue Empty
- disconnected: <reason>

Current "sounds" menu can be modified to include these notifications setup.

MidKnight · 04-15-2003, 07:04 AM

balloons annoy the crap out of me to be honest

bigstar · 04-15-2003, 07:05 AM

Hello,

Would you happen to know which Windows API's are used for displaying these Tray Balloons? I've never heard of them before.

Ammo1 · 04-15-2003, 07:21 AM

I found this lying around...

Code:

Option Explicit
Private WithEvents sysTray As SystemTray.Application

Private Sub Form_Load()
    Set sysTray = New SystemTray.Application
    Call sysTray.CreateIcon(App.Path & "\Trffc10c.ico", "My Icon")
    Call sysTray.ShowBalloon("Hello", &H1, "www.flasfxp.com.com")
End Sub

attached is also a baloon control thanx to vbrad.com ...

Aramir · 04-15-2003, 07:56 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by bigstar
Would you happen to know which Windows API's are used for displaying these Tray Balloons? I've never heard of them before.

Here is a link to MSDN article "Using ToolTip controls", go to "Baloon Tooltips" there.

Celerex_2 · 04-15-2003, 07:44 PM

BStar - You're programming in Delphi right? I might have some explicit Delphi code for doing this..

bigstar · 04-15-2003, 07:50 PM

yeah, delphi

Celerex_2 · 04-15-2003, 09:37 PM

I'll take a look.

Celerex_2 · 04-15-2003, 10:42 PM

I kinda looked at this and it had some good stuff in it. Not sure how useful for you it'll be but who knows.

Cool Try Example

Raccoon · 04-16-2003, 05:55 AM

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Celerex_2 · 04-16-2003, 10:11 AM

I'll attach the file and this is the guys homepage http://www3.brinkster.com/troels/

bigstar · 04-16-2003, 12:59 PM

This wont make it into v2.1 but I'll add it to the to-do list.