Timer running in Taskbar project

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Timer running in Taskbar project

I would like to create a little timer that sits in my taskbar and ticks away. I have an interface set up and working the way I want it to. The only thing left is to get the output to display in the taskbar, rather than on my form. Could anyone give me a shove in the direction that I need, please
Any tips are appreciated.

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Timer running in Taskbar project

  • dosler

    Oh, ok, I see.
    I have used a mod called "True Launch Bar" in the past and it would set things like CPU/Memory monitors, volume controls, etc in the quick launch bar. This made me think that it would be a simple matter to do something similar, but with a clock. Armed with the information you gave me, I did some more digging and it looks like there is something more going on there. The program itself utilizes plugins with a proprietary extension (.tlbplugin), which are placed in the folder you mentioned.
    I was just under the impression that it would be a simple matter to send output to the quicklaunch, but it seems that is not the case. Thank-you for your time!

  • Mikester

    I suggest having a look at the NotifyIcon class

  • ashwinv

    That look very promising, thank-you. Upon first read, it seems that this will only apply to the notification area where all the running-task ioncs are. Is there a similar class that applies to the quick-launch
    I have my bottom bar set up so that it is double-thickness, with my quicklauch running across the top and all of my open applications along the bottom. The notification arera, with the date-time and running application icons are over on the right as by default. I want to make my application show up in the quicak-launch area, rather than way over on the right.

  • Benjaminhf

    The Quick Launch toolbar is just a set of shortcut buttons to launch applications, it does not correlate to a running application like the notification area does.

    The Quick Launch toolbar is really just a view of the following directory: %userprofile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch.



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