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Simple class for easily minimizing to tray and adding context menu with ONE line of code

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This class allows the user to implement minimizing to tray in one line of code.
<VisualStudioProject>
    <VisualBasic
        ProjectType = "Local"
        ProductVersion = "7.10.3077"
        SchemaVersion = "2.0"
        ProjectGuid = "{214127F4-EB06-4015-A751-D8CF4049FB00}"
    >
        <Build>
            <Settings
                ApplicationIcon = ""
                AssemblyKeyContainerName = ""
                AssemblyName = "MinimizeToTray"
                AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile = ""
                AssemblyOriginatorKeyMode = "None"
                DefaultClientScript = "JScript"
                DefaultHTMLPageLayout = "Grid"
                DefaultTargetSchema = "IE50"
                DelaySign = "false"
                OutputType = "Library"
                OptionCompare = "Binary"
                OptionExplicit = "On"
                OptionStrict = "On"
                RootNamespace = "MinimizeToTray"
                StartupObject = ""
            >
                <Config
                    Name = "Debug"
                    BaseAddress = "285212672"
                    ConfigurationOverrideFile = ""
                    DefineConstants = ""
                    DefineDebug = "true"
                    DefineTrace = "true"
                    DebugSymbols = "true"
                    IncrementalBuild = "true"
                    Optimize = "false"
                    OutputPath = "bin\"
                    RegisterForComInterop = "false"
                    RemoveIntegerChecks = "false"
                    TreatWarningsAsErrors = "false"
                    WarningLevel = "1"
                />
                <Config
                    Name = "Release"
                    BaseAddress = "285212672"
                    ConfigurationOverrideFile = ""
                    DefineConstants = ""
                    DefineDebug = "false"
                    DefineTrace = "true"
                    DebugSymbols = "false"
                    IncrementalBuild = "false"
                    Optimize = "true"
                    OutputPath = "bin\"
                    RegisterForComInterop = "false"
                    RemoveIntegerChecks = "false"
                    TreatWarningsAsErrors = "false"
                    WarningLevel = "1"
                />
            </Settings>
            <References>
                <Reference
                    Name = "System"
                    AssemblyName = "System"
                />
                <Reference
                    Name = "System.Data"
                    AssemblyName = "System.Data"
                />
                <Reference
                    Name = "System.XML"
                    AssemblyName = "System.Xml"
                />
                <Reference
                    Name = "System.Windows.Forms"
                    AssemblyName = "System.Windows.Forms"
                    HintPath = "..\..\..\..\..\..\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\System.Windows.Forms.dll"
                />
                <Reference
                    Name = "System.Drawing"
                    AssemblyName = "System.Drawing"
                    HintPath = "..\..\..\..\..\..\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\System.Drawing.dll"
                />
            </References>
            <Imports>
                <Import Namespace = "Microsoft.VisualBasic" />
                <Import Namespace = "System" />
                <Import Namespace = "System.Collections" />
                <Import Namespace = "System.Data" />
                <Import Namespace = "System.Diagnostics" />
            </Imports>
        </Build>
        <Files>
            <Include>
                <File
                    RelPath = "AssemblyInfo.vb"
                    SubType = "Code"
                    BuildAction = "Compile"
                />
                <File
                    RelPath = "clsMinToTray.vb"
                    SubType = "Code"
                    BuildAction = "Compile"
                />
            </Include>
        </Files>
    </VisualBasic>
</VisualStudioProject>

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29, but fairly new to development. Graduating from the University of South Florida this summer (2005). I have strong interest in VB.NET, ASP/ASP.NET programming. My experience is in database design; therefore I find it fun to put frontend interfaces in both client and client/server database applications.
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