Icons in systray

Question

Hi i have a Windows service that launches an application every x time this windows service has an icon in the systray and u can interact with him but my problem is i want to show an animated icon(like the MSN Messenge when u log in) when its downloading something from my web service. Any hints? Ty in advance for ur time.

enishi · Answer

Got the solution in the dll i had a code which was the guilty of the icons not changing.

enishi · Answer

i have : t.Priority=System.Threading.ThreadPriority.Highest; insted of t.Priority=System.Threading.ThreadPriority.Normal;

enishi · Answer

I used a thread who is changing the NotifiIcon.icon each time in a while but even giving the Highest priority to the thread when the application its connecting and downloading the files into the hard disk the icons wont move they remain still till the next line is executed. Here i post an example: myDll mine=new myDll(); ThreadStart ts=new ThreadStart(this.DrawIcons); try { Thread t= new Thread(ts); t.Priority=System.Threading.ThreadPriority.Normal; this.label1.Text=Downloading newest files...; t.Start(); // Here starts to swith icons mine.DownloadFiles(); // here will remain still till the next sentence this.buttoncancell.Enabled=false; this.label1.Text=Installing new files; //mine.CopyFiles(); //commented  its in beta testing this.iDeadThread=1; tHilo.Join(); } catch(Exception ex){Trace.WriteLine(ex.StackTrace);}

Mykonine · Answer

Take a look into the System.Windows.Forms.NotifyIcon class. That should do exactly what you want.