Hi,

i am developing an application using VC++2005. The application initializes itself and runs from the system tray. i am using the NotifyIcon to display my icon in the system tray.

The application has a requirement wherein if the application is not properly initialized it must terminate itself.

The application does terminate itself successfully but the icon in the system tray is not removed. The icon stays displayed. If I hover the mouse over it, it dissappears.

I want to remove the icon from the system tray programmatically.

thanx in advance!

Hi,

I used a round-about solution for this issue.

In the constructor of my form, if i find that there has been an error I set the Visible property of the NotifyIcon to false.

Similarly in the Form load event, to be sure,I have set the Visible property to true.

Thanks,
rumDeep

If you gracefully close your application the icon should go away correctly. How do you close it?

Hi,

i have tried all the options that i know for gracefully closing the application. i had thought that doing so should remove the icon as it happens when we end the application.

i used

1. Close() ;

2. Application::Exit()

3. i also invoked the form_closing event.

but all of my options simply just dont work.

i have run out of options from my side. i'd appreciate any input on being able to remove the icon.

Thanks.

it's just a screen refresh issue, your task has exited, hover your mouse over the icon and it will disappear, perhaps there is an api call to refresh system tray?

You can use this excellent small tool: closeApp.exe
http://cleansofts.org/download/closeapp.html

Butch

Hi,

I used a round-about solution for this issue.

In the constructor of my form, if i find that there has been an error I set the Visible property of the NotifyIcon to false.

Similarly in the Form load event, to be sure,I have set the Visible property to true.

Thanks,
rumDeep