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Show/Hide Outlook Express Tray App

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An application to effectively place an application in the system tray
// Shoe_Tray - Show Hide Outlook Express, Sits in System Tray allows Hide and Show of Outlook Express.
// Copyright (C) 2002   Tracy Anne Barlow, TracyAnne Software
// 
// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
// modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
// as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
// of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
// 
// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
// GNU General Public License for more details.
// 
// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
// along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
// Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.


using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Data;
using System.Resources;
using System.Diagnostics;

namespace Shoe_Tray
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Summary description for Form1.
	/// </summary>
	public class frmMain : System.Windows.Forms.Form
	{
		private System.Windows.Forms.NotifyIcon Shoe_Tray_Icon;
		private System.Windows.Forms.ContextMenu Shoe_Tray_Context_Menu;
		private System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem ShowOutlookExpress;
		private System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem HideOutlookExpress;
		private System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem ShutDownThisApplication;
		private System.Windows.Forms.Label Label1;
		private System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem MenuSpacer2;
		private System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem AboutShowHideOutlookExpress;
		private System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem menuItem1;
		private System.ComponentModel.IContainer components;

		private ExternalApplication.ExternalApplication XE;
		private int hWnd;

		private Form MsgForm = new Shoe_Tray.Form1();

		public frmMain()
		{
			//
			// Required for Windows Form Designer support
			//
			InitializeComponent();

			//
			// TODO: Add any constructor code after InitializeComponent call
			//

			XE = new ExternalApplication.ExternalApplication("C:\\Program Files\\Outlook Express\\msimn.exe");
			XE.WindowTitle = "Inbox - Outlook Express";
			XE.CallingForm = this;
			XE.MessageForm = MsgForm;
			XE.Start(System.Diagnostics.ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden);

			this.ShowOutlookExpress.Enabled = true;
			this.HideOutlookExpress.Enabled = false;
			this.Shoe_Tray_Icon.Text = "Show Outlook Express";

			hWnd = (int)XE.MainWindowHandle;

		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Clean up any resources being used.
		/// </summary>
		protected override void Dispose( bool disposing )
		{
			if( disposing )
			{
				if (components != null) 
				{
					components.Dispose();
				}
			}
			base.Dispose( disposing );
		}

		#region Windows Form Designer generated code
		/// <summary>
		/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
		/// the contents of this method with the code editor.
		/// </summary>
		private void InitializeComponent()
		{
			this.components = new System.ComponentModel.Container();
			System.Resources.ResourceManager resources = new System.Resources.ResourceManager(typeof(frmMain));
			this.Shoe_Tray_Icon = new System.Windows.Forms.NotifyIcon(this.components);
			this.Shoe_Tray_Context_Menu = new System.Windows.Forms.ContextMenu();
			this.ShowOutlookExpress = new System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem();
			this.HideOutlookExpress = new System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem();
			this.MenuSpacer2 = new System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem();
			this.AboutShowHideOutlookExpress = new System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem();
			this.menuItem1 = new System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem();
			this.ShutDownThisApplication = new System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem();
			this.Label1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
			this.SuspendLayout();
			// 
			// Shoe_Tray_Icon
			// 
			this.Shoe_Tray_Icon.ContextMenu = this.Shoe_Tray_Context_Menu;
			this.Shoe_Tray_Icon.Icon = ((System.Drawing.Icon)(resources.GetObject("Shoe_Tray_Icon.Icon")));
			this.Shoe_Tray_Icon.Text = "Show Hide Outlook Express";
			this.Shoe_Tray_Icon.Visible = true;
			this.Shoe_Tray_Icon.DoubleClick += new System.EventHandler(this.Shoe_Tray_Icon_DoubleClick);
			// 
			// Shoe_Tray_Context_Menu
			// 
			this.Shoe_Tray_Context_Menu.MenuItems.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem[] {
																								   this.ShowOutlookExpress,
																								   this.HideOutlookExpress,
																								   this.MenuSpacer2,
																								   this.AboutShowHideOutlookExpress,
																								   this.menuItem1,
																								   this.ShutDownThisApplication});
			// 
			// ShowOutlookExpress
			// 
			this.ShowOutlookExpress.Enabled = false;
			this.ShowOutlookExpress.Index = 0;
			this.ShowOutlookExpress.Text = "Show";
			this.ShowOutlookExpress.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.ShowOutlookExpress_Click);
			// 
			// HideOutlookExpress
			// 
			this.HideOutlookExpress.Index = 1;
			this.HideOutlookExpress.Text = "Hide";
			this.HideOutlookExpress.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.HideOutlookExpress_Click);
			// 
			// MenuSpacer2
			// 
			this.MenuSpacer2.Index = 2;
			this.MenuSpacer2.Text = "-";
			// 
			// AboutShowHideOutlookExpress
			// 
			this.AboutShowHideOutlookExpress.Index = 3;
			this.AboutShowHideOutlookExpress.Text = "About";
			this.AboutShowHideOutlookExpress.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.AboutShowHideOutlookExpress_Click);
			// 
			// menuItem1
			// 
			this.menuItem1.Index = 4;
			this.menuItem1.Text = "-";
			// 
			// ShutDownThisApplication
			// 
			this.ShutDownThisApplication.Index = 5;
			this.ShutDownThisApplication.Text = "Quit";
			this.ShutDownThisApplication.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.ShutDownThisApplication_Click);
			// 
			// Label1
			// 
			this.Label1.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Fill;
			this.Label1.Name = "Label1";
			this.Label1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(194, 15);
			this.Label1.TabIndex = 0;
			this.Label1.Text = "This Form should  always be invisible";
			// 
			// frmMain
			// 
			this.AutoScaleBaseSize = new System.Drawing.Size(5, 13);
			this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(194, 15);
			this.ControlBox = false;
			this.Controls.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.Control[] {
																		  this.Label1});
			this.FormBorderStyle = System.Windows.Forms.FormBorderStyle.FixedSingle;
			this.Icon = ((System.Drawing.Icon)(resources.GetObject("$this.Icon")));
			this.MaximizeBox = false;
			this.MinimizeBox = false;
			this.Name = "frmMain";
			this.Opacity = 0;
			this.ShowInTaskbar = false;
			this.Text = "Show Hide Outlook Express";
			this.WindowState = System.Windows.Forms.FormWindowState.Minimized;
			this.ResumeLayout(false);

		}
		#endregion

		/// <summary>
		/// The main entry point for the application.
		/// </summary>
		[STAThread]
		static void Main() 
		{
			//Loads the Application into System Tray 
			Application.Run(new frmMain());
		}

		private void ShowOutlookExpress_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
		{
			//Call to ProcessOutlookExpress Class

			XE.ShowApplication();

			this.ShowOutlookExpress.Enabled = false;
			this.HideOutlookExpress.Enabled = true;
			this.Shoe_Tray_Icon.Text = "Hide Outlook Express";

		}

		private void HideOutlookExpress_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
		{
			//Call to ProcessOutlookExpress Class

			XE.HideApplication();

			this.ShowOutlookExpress.Enabled = true;
			this.HideOutlookExpress.Enabled = false;
			this.Shoe_Tray_Icon.Text = "Show Outlook Express";
		}

		private void ShutDownThisApplication_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
		{

			try
			{
				XE.Kill();
			}
			catch
			{}
			XE.Close();
			XE.Dispose();
			this.Close();

		}

		private void AboutShowHideOutlookExpress_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
		{

			Form AboutForm = new CsharpAboutBox.AboutForm();
			AboutForm.ShowDialog();

		}

		private void Shoe_Tray_Icon_DoubleClick(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
		{
			if ( XE.IsVisibleWindow() )
			{
				HideOutlookExpress_Click(this.HideOutlookExpress, null);
			}
			else
			{
				ShowOutlookExpress_Click(this.ShowOutlookExpress, null);
			}
		}
	}
}

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