Visual Basic

10-Sep-12 7:19

Hello all,

I want to try and do something that I think should be fairly easy, but I could be wrong. I want to have an icon in the system tray and it would change colors and blink depending on the system status.

Green - All systems are up and running
Red - There is a system down.
Yellow - Scheduled outage for today.
Orange - You are not connected to the network.

Ia m not sure how to even get started. I have written code, but not a lot of VB more VBA, ASP, Javascript. Would I create a service for this. I was thinking about having the icon check for a file.

So if the file is called Green.txt The icon would be green and if the user hovered over the icon or clicked on it the contents of the text file would be in the balloon or a message box could display the contents.

For Orange I was just going to ping a DC and if it did not get a reply then I know they are not connected to the network.

I have searched for hours to find something but I cannot seem to find anything.

TIA,
Rodger

Wes Aday10-Sep-12 8:12

10-Sep-12 8:12

You can't do this in a service. Here is an article that will show you how to create an application like you describe., Create a System Tray Application in VB.NET[^]

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RodgerDJr12-Sep-12 4:53

12-Sep-12 4:53

Thank you for the article. I was able to edit the code to look for the file. I have a question do you know how I can have it check every 5 minutes for the file so I can change the icon and message when we have an outage?

Wes Aday12-Sep-12 5:08

12-Sep-12 5:08

RodgerDJr wrote:
check every 5 minutes for the file

Use a timer.

RodgerDJr12-Sep-12 5:32

12-Sep-12 5:32

OK I am really new at VB so I need a little push . . . where would I add the timer, do I put that in the main section to call itself?

Wes Aday12-Sep-12 5:39

12-Sep-12 5:39

RodgerDJr wrote:
where would I add the timer

You add the timer where ever it is that you want to use it.

RodgerDJr wrote:
main section to call itself

Not sure what you mean by that. You instantiate the timer with an interval that you want the timer to fire, create an event for the timer to call when the interval expires and do whatever it is that you want to do in the event. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.timers.timer.aspx[^]

RodgerDJr12-Sep-12 5:42

12-Sep-12 5:42

OK I am going to go try this. Thanks!

Wes Aday12-Sep-12 8:18

12-Sep-12 8:18

You're welcome

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habdul10-Sep-12 1:57

habdul

10-Sep-12 1:57

is there anything that can give me an example of encryption program with vb.net?

Wes Aday10-Sep-12 2:18

10-Sep-12 2:18

Plenty of examples to choose from[^]

Eddy Vluggen10-Sep-12 2:42

Eddy Vluggen

10-Sep-12 2:42

Yes, it's called "a programmer".

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habdul11-Sep-12 15:47

habdul

11-Sep-12 15:47

sorry if my question is inappropriate, I'm a newbie trying to make a program, I also already have an encryption program just that I still need materials for reference, once again I'm sorry Smile | :)