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Sega dude
Sega dude

Reputation: 1113

Making a Windows 7 style pop up for a NotifyIcon

How do I make a Windows 7 style pop up for a NotifyIcon? I'm talking about the type of pop up you get when you click the Wifi or battery icon in the system tray. Like the screenshot below. Battery popup[

I'm guessing it's part of the Windows 7 API Code Pack but I don't know the official name of it.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 926

Answers (1)

James Stafford
James Stafford

Reputation: 1054

You can do this by building a form

Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
    Timer1.Interval = 10000
    Timer1.Enabled = True
    Me.ShowInTaskbar = False
    Me.MaximizeBox = False
    Me.MinimizeBox = False
    Me.ControlBox = False
    Me.ShowIcon = False
    Me.Size = New Size(200, 200)
    Me.Text = ""
    Dim wide As Integer = My.Computer.Screen.Bounds.Width
    Dim high As Integer = My.Computer.Screen.Bounds.Height
    Me.Location = New Point(wide - 200, high - 200) ' to put it in lower right corner
    'set border style to fixed dialog
    'set startup position to manual
End Sub

Private Sub Timer1_Tick(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Timer1.Tick
    Me.Close() ' will make the window only stay open for 10 seconds
End Sub

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Upvotes: 2

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