[vb.net] Notify Icon Help

[dayle]

hi i need your help with a vb.net sollution im working with

ive got a form named form1 and ive added a notify icon to it

the notify icon gets displayed in the systemtray by default as its visible property is set to true

can u plese tell me the event that occurs when a form is minimised so that i can make the notify icon visible only when the form is minimised

in other words

i need the notify icon to be displayed when the form is minimised and be hidden when the form is in normal state

thanks for your assistance

[dayle]

somebody please help ....

[Gumboot]

Hmm, I don't see any event that would do the trick. :huh:

How about using a timer and repeatedly checking the Form.WindowState property until it changes to FormWindowState.Minimized. That might work... :unsure:

[tajddin]

The timer method would work, although I'm not too fond of using timers. You could use a subroutine something like this:

Sub HideShowNotifyIcon()

Select Case Me.WindowState

Case FormWindowState.Normal

Me.NotifyIcon1.Visible = False

Case Else

Me.NotifyIcon1.Visible = True

End Select

End Sub

I do believe that this should work under the form activation/deactivation methods, if you prefer not to use a timer. One thing to note is that although it will work under activate/deactivate, this is only true if the user actually clicks the minimize button on the form itself; if the user otherwise clicks the taskbar button I'm not so it'll work.

[dayle]

thanks aereux the code worked...also thank you gumboot for the idea