Function Reference

_WinAPI_ShellNotifyIcon

Sends a message to the taskbar's status area

#include <WinAPIShellEx.au3>
_WinAPI_ShellNotifyIcon ( $iMessage, $tNOTIFYICONDATA )

Parameters

$iMessage The variable that specifies the action to be taken. It can have one of the following values.
$NIM_ADD
$NIM_MODIFY
$NIM_DELETE
$NIM_SETFOCUS
$NIM_SETVERSION
$tNOTIFYICONDATA $tagNOTIFYICONDATA structure. The content and size of this structure depends on the value
of the $iMessage and version of the operating system.

Return Value

Success: True.
Failure: False.

See Also

Search Shell_NotifyIcon in MSDN Library.

Example

#include <APIShellExConstants.au3>
#include <WinAPIShellEx.au3>

Local $tNOTIFYICONDATA = DllStructCreate($tagNOTIFYICONDATA)

OnAutoItExitRegister('OnAutoItExit')

DllStructSetData($tNOTIFYICONDATA, 'Size', DllStructGetSize($tNOTIFYICONDATA))
DllStructSetData($tNOTIFYICONDATA, 'hWnd', WinGetHandle(AutoItWinGetTitle()))
DllStructSetData($tNOTIFYICONDATA, 'Flags', $NIF_ICON)

DllStructSetData($tNOTIFYICONDATA, 'ID', 2)
DllStructSetData($tNOTIFYICONDATA, 'hIcon', _WinAPI_ShellExtractIcon(@SystemDir & '\shell32.dll', 166, 16, 16))
_WinAPI_ShellNotifyIcon($NIM_ADD, $tNOTIFYICONDATA)

DllStructSetData($tNOTIFYICONDATA, 'ID', 3)
DllStructSetData($tNOTIFYICONDATA, 'hIcon', _WinAPI_ShellExtractIcon(@SystemDir & '\shell32.dll', 130, 16, 16))
_WinAPI_ShellNotifyIcon($NIM_ADD, $tNOTIFYICONDATA)

While 1
        Sleep(1000)
WEnd

Func OnAutoItExit()
        DllStructSetData($tNOTIFYICONDATA, 'ID', 2)
        _WinAPI_ShellNotifyIcon($NIM_DELETE, $tNOTIFYICONDATA)
        DllStructSetData($tNOTIFYICONDATA, 'ID', 3)
        _WinAPI_ShellNotifyIcon($NIM_DELETE, $tNOTIFYICONDATA)
EndFunc   ;==>OnAutoItExit