[Solved] New "sys tray" access problems under Windows 10

[Mbee]

One of my GUI applications requires that a particular third-party application not only be running, but be present in the "sys tray" (aka Taskbar). When this 3p app is active but not in the systray/taskbar, it is not ready for proper use, and I must inform the user about this.

Here is a code snippet that used to work fine under Windows 7:

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;
; #FUNCTION# =========================================================================================================
; Name...........: _Get_Systray_BtnIndex
; Description ...: Determines if an appllication with the specified title is running in the Systen Tray
;                   and if so, returns the relative index number of it's button on the tray.
; Syntax.........: _Get_Systray_BtnIndex($iTitleText)
; Parameters ....: $iTitleText  -> The (tool-tip) title of the desired application
; Return values .: Success - Returns the index number of the desired appliction button, 1 being the first
;                  Failure - Returns 0 if desired application is not found in the System Tray
;                             Sets @error as follows:
;                                0:  Normal return
;                               -1: System Tray was empty (i.e., no appllications running the tray)
;                               -2: No System Tray was found
; Remarks .......; Setting any parameter to -1 leaves the current value unchanged
;                  Setting the $iStyle parameter to 'Default' resets ALL parameters to default values <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
;                  Setting any other parameter to "Default" only resets that parameter
; Author ........: Poster "war59312", and code was found at URL:
;                       http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/40550-check-if-program-is-running-under-system-tray/#entry902746
;                   Modified by mjb on 26-June-2014 to return @extended error code rather than using MsgBox() to report errors.
;
Func _Get_Systray_BtnIndex($sToolTipTitle)
    ; Find systray handle
    Local $hSysTray_Handle = ControlGetHandle('[Class:Shell_TrayWnd]', '', '[Class:ToolbarWindow32;Instance:1]')
    If @error Then
        Return SetError( -2, 0, 0 )
    EndIf

    ; Get systray item count
    Local $iSystray_ButCount = _GUICtrlToolbar_ButtonCount($hSysTray_Handle)
    If $iSystray_ButCount = 0 Then
        Return SetError( -1, 0 , 0 )
    EndIf

    ; Look for wanted tooltip
    For $iSystray_ButtonNumber = 0 To $iSystray_ButCount - 1
        If StringInStr(_GUICtrlToolbar_GetButtonText($hSysTray_Handle, $iSystray_ButtonNumber), $sToolTipTitle) > 0 Then ExitLoop
    Next

    If $iSystray_ButtonNumber = $iSystray_ButCount Then
        Return 0                        ; Desired application is NOT running in the System Tray
    Else
        Return $iSystray_ButtonNumber   ; Application was found in the SysTray
    EndIf
EndFunc     ;==> _Get_Systray_BtnIndex
;

 

But what's happening under Windows 10 is that the "_GUICtrlToolbar_ButtonCount()" always returns 1, even though there are 10-14 items visible in the Task Bar.  Unsurprisingly, the single item returned has nothing to do with the 3'rd party application in question.

As you probably know, Microsoft made significant changes to the systray/taskbar since Windows 7 (or at least by Windows 10). I spent quite a while searching MSDN for some other way to accomplish what I need, but I must be too stupid to figure it out.

Please help.   Thanks!

 

Edited October 14, 2016 by Mbee

[BrewManNH]

You're not looking in the NotifyIconOverflowWindow window for more icons.

[Mbee]

6 hours ago, BrewManNH said:

You're not looking in the NotifyIconOverflowWindow window for more icons.

Thanks for your reply, but I'm afraid I have no idea how to do that.  Can you tell me, please?

I looked around for help, and I found and then tried using the "Systray UDF" by @tuapeand modified by @Erik Pilsits posted here: _systray udf.

I chose it because if you set the $iWin parameter to 2, apparently the suggestion is that it is supposed to "look in the NotifyIconOverflowWindow for more icons".  But when I call "_SysTrayIconCount(2)", it always returns zero icons even though there are actually 10-14.

Please advise.  Thanks!

[AutoBert]

Run this small example:

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#include <Array.au3>
#include <GuiToolBar.au3>

$sSearchtext='Lautsprecher: 100%'   ;change to your needs
$iButton=Get_SysTray_IconText($sSearchtext)
MsgBox (64,'Searched Button','Button: '&$iButton&@CRLF&'Instance: '&@extended)

Func Get_SysTray_IconText($sSearch)
    Local $hSysTray_Handle
    For $i = 1 To 99
        ; Find systray handles
        $hSysTray_Handle = ControlGetHandle('[Class:Shell_TrayWnd]', '', '[Class:ToolbarWindow32;Instance:' & $i & ']')
        If @error Then
            ;MsgBox(16, "Error", "System tray not found")
            ExitLoop
        EndIf

        ; Get systray item count
        Local $iSysTray_ButCount = _GUICtrlToolbar_ButtonCount($hSysTray_Handle)
        If $iSysTray_ButCount = 0 Then
            ;MsgBox(16, "Error", "No items found in system tray")
            ContinueLoop
        EndIf

        Local $aSysTray_ButtonText[$iSysTray_ButCount]

        ; Look for wanted tooltip
        For $iSysTray_ButtonNumber = 0 To $iSysTray_ButCount - 1
            If $sSearch= _GUICtrlToolbar_GetButtonText($hSysTray_Handle, $iSysTray_ButtonNumber) Then _
            Return SetError(0, $i, $iSysTray_ButtonNumber)
        Next
    Next
    Return SetError(1, -1, -1)

EndFunc   ;==>Get_SysTray_IconText


Exit

it returns:

• succes: the ButtonNumber and in @extended the instance of the toolbarwindow.
• failur: -1 @error -1 and @extended -1

[BrewManNH]

Try this, it looks at both the visible system tray icons and the overflow (hidden) icons.

#include <GuiToolBar.au3>

Sleep(1000)
MsgBox(0, "", Get_SysTray_IconCount())

Func Get_SysTray_IconCount() ; http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/157933-hinttray-tip-how-to-get-text/?p=1145366

    ; Find systray handle for "User Promoted Notification Area"
    Local $hSysTray_Handle = ControlGetHandle('[Class:Shell_TrayWnd]', '', '[Class:ToolbarWindow32;Instance:1]')
    If @error Then
        MsgBox(16, "Error", "System tray not found")
    EndIf
    ; Find systray handle for "Overflow Notification Area" i.e. hidden icons
    Local $hSysTray_Handle_Hidden = ControlGetHandle('[Class:NotifyIconOverflowWindow]', '', '[Class:ToolbarWindow32;Instance:1]')
    If @error Then
        MsgBox(16, "Error", "Overflow Notification Area not found")
    EndIf

    ; Get systray icon count
    Local $iSysTray_ButCount = _GUICtrlToolbar_ButtonCount($hSysTray_Handle)
    If $iSysTray_ButCount = 0 Then
        MsgBox(16, "Error", "No items found in system tray")
        Return ""
    EndIf

    ; Get hidden systray icon count

    $iSysTray_ButCount += _GUICtrlToolbar_ButtonCount($hSysTray_Handle_Hidden)

    Return $iSysTray_ButCount

EndFunc   ;==>Get_SysTray_IconCount

 

[Mbee]

Thanks to you both for trying to help me out!!

@AutoBert: I got the failure return from your test code: Button -1  and Instance -1.

@BrewManNH: The output was only 1, which is way wrong.  So it appears the Overflow didn't count after all.

 

If it matters (and for all I know it does), I've tweaked my Win 10 Pro settings. For example, I'm using the Classic start menu and Classic Explorer settings, and I've used two different Win 10 tweakers: (1): WinAero tweaker and (2): Ultimate Windows Tweaker v4.2.1

I'm about to try the two tests again with the Classic stuff disabled.  If the results are any different, I'll post back to let you both know.

Thanks again!

[Mbee]

Well, even though I said I'd post if I got different results with all the Classic stuff disabled, I figured I'd post to confirm that there were no differences.  I got the same erroneous results...

[BrewManNH]

The script I posted showed me that I had 13 icons. This is on Windows 10, Enterprise x64. The script works, you're doing something wrong, or one of the programs you're using is causing it to fail.

[Mbee]

15 minutes ago, BrewManNH said:

The script I posted showed me that I had 13 icons. This is on Windows 10, Enterprise x64. The script works, you're doing something wrong, or one of the programs you're using is causing it to fail.

Well, I figured it out...  What I did was to use Au3Info_x64 and then pointed to the systray/taskbar.  It turned out that "[Class:ToolbarWindow32;Instance:1]" was irrelevant and had an incorrect count.  However, Instance:2 showed all 14 taskbar items!

@AutoBert's code correctly covered all instances, and so it would have worked fine except for my mistake, which was that I didn't enter the full exactly correct string for his "$sSearchtext" parameter.  When I revised his code to use a substring search instead of a full exact search, it worked exactly right!

Problem solved.

Thanks again to you both!

 

[AutoBert]

51 minutes ago, Mbee said:

@AutoBert's code correctly covered all instances, a

nice to read.