Handling tray items

[erebus]

Hello all,

I wonder if someone has posted an example of how to handle tray items of external programs.

What I need is to find if a particular tray icon exists, right click it, find a menu option and if enabled to click so as to disable it.

Any guidance if more than accepted.

Thank you,

[PaulIA]

Hello all,

I wonder if someone has posted an example of how to handle tray items of external programs.

What I need is to find if a particular tray icon exists, right click it, find a menu option and if enabled to click so as to disable it.

Any guidance if more than accepted.

Thank you,

Here's a quick script that opens up the Volume control:

#include <A3LMenu.au3>
#include <A3LToolbar.au3>

Opt("WinTitleMatchMode", 4)

$hWnd   = ControlGetHandle("classname=Shell_TrayWnd", "", "Notification Area")
$iCount = _Toolbar_ButtonCount($hwnd)

for $iI = 1 to $iCount
  $iCommand = _Toolbar_IndexToCommand($hWnd, $iI)
  $sText    = _Toolbar_GetButtonText ($hWnd, $iCommand)
  if $sText = "Volume" then
    if ControlGetHandle("classname=Shell_TrayWnd", "", "Button2") <> 0 then
      ControlClick("classname=Shell_TrayWnd", "", "Button2")
    endif
    _Toolbar_ClickButton($hWnd, $iCommand, "right", False, 1, 1, True)
    _Menu_ClickPopupAccel("O")
    ExitLoop
  endif
next

Edited May 13, 2007 by PaulIA

[PsaltyDS]

Hello all,

I wonder if someone has posted an example of how to handle tray items of external programs.

What I need is to find if a particular tray icon exists, right click it, find a menu option and if enabled to click so as to disable it.

Any guidance if more than accepted.

Thank you,

There is a UDF called SysTray_UDF.au3.

I have heard others say that these are now included in AutoIt, but I don't think that's true. There are Tray* functions now, but I don't see the equivelent of _SysTrayIconTitles(), _SysTrayIconProcesses(), and _SysTrayIconPids(), which will list all the tray icons on your system.

[erebus]

Here's a quick script that opens up the Volume control:

#include <A3LMenu.au3>
#include <A3LToolbar.au3>

Opt("WinTitleMatchMode", 4)

$hWnd   = ControlGetHandle("classname=Shell_TrayWnd", "", "Notification Area")
$iCount = _Toolbar_ButtonCount($hwnd)

for $iI = 1 to $iCount
  $iCommand = _Toolbar_IndexToCommand($hWnd, $iI)
  $sText    = _Toolbar_GetButtonText ($hWnd, $iCommand)
  if $sText = "Volume" then
    if ControlGetHandle("classname=Shell_TrayWnd", "", "Button2") <> 0 then
      ControlClick("classname=Shell_TrayWnd", "", "Button2")
    endif
    _Toolbar_ClickButton($hWnd, $iCommand, "right", False, 1, 1, True)
    _Menu_ClickPopupAccel("O")
    ExitLoop
  endif
next

Thanks. Although it didn't work for me (I suspect because I have GR Windows) I will give it a try.

[PaulIA]

Thanks. Although it didn't work for me (I suspect because I have GR Windows) I will give it a try.

I imagine that "Volume" may be spelled different. Other than that, the API should be universal.

[James]

GR? Pauls lib is packed full of great ways of handling Trays and so does the search bar