System Tray app

[RobertK]

hello,

I've been looking around at the forum, but I can't seem to find anything that explains what I'm looking for.

I want to create a systemtray app, that opens a browser when it's clicked and goes to a pre-specified url.

But I don't know how to create a system-tray application with autoIT and can't find anything about it either.

The most that I found was that it is supposed to be made with the GUI functions, but that's all.

Can anyone explain some more about this?

Thanks in advance!

[Monamo]

I want to create a systemtray app, that opens a browser when it's clicked and goes to a pre-specified url.

...

The most that I found was that it is supposed to be made with the GUI functions, but that's all.

You won't need GUI functions specifically for a tray-based app. The key functions of note would be TrayCreateItem() and TrayCreateMenu().

TrayCreateItem will be used for each "action" click, whereas TrayCreateMenu would allow you to group menus (or submenus) to categorize your tasks.

Here's a quick and dirty example:

Opt("TrayMenuMode",1)
$menuWeb = TrayCreateMenu("Web")
$menuitemGoogle = TrayCreateItem("Google",$menuWeb)
TrayCreateItem("")
$menuitemExit = TrayCreateItem("Exit")

TraySetState()
While 1
    $tMsg = TrayGetMsg()
    Select
        Case $tMsg = $menuitemExit
            Exit
        Case $tMsg = $menuitemGoogle
            ShellExecute("http://www.google.com")
    EndSelect
WEnd

[LeThanh201]

hello,

I've been looking around at the forum, but I can't seem to find anything that explains what I'm looking for.

I want to create a systemtray app, that opens a browser when it's clicked and goes to a pre-specified url.

But I don't know how to create a system-tray application with autoIT and can't find anything about it either.

The most that I found was that it is supposed to be made with the GUI functions, but that's all.

Can anyone explain some more about this?

Thanks in advance!

All about this is guided in AutoIt help File, Function Reference\Tray Functions. Try it.

[RobertK]

thanks, both.

I think I get it now.

EDIT:

can you also tell me, where I can find more info about sending a HTTP package to a specific address without opening a browser?

EDIT2:

looks like there is another topic, where I can watch for the answer

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=72461

Edited May 29, 2008 by RobertK