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Dear All,

I have a winform project , I have initialized a notifyicon with tooltip while logging in using a login form, then the user navigates to form1 or form2 what ever, but I want to create a function to check when database is updated for any new message in inbox to notify them.

1 - Where can I include my function even I am in any form the notification will appear?

2 - How can I check automatically if database is updated?

3 - Or how to use a function with timer to check and update the notify tooltip?

Example I logged in then I am now in form1, but the function is not in this form. Will the notify tooltip work? Where should I call it or initialize this function?

regards...

Posted 12-Dec-10 1:12am

Tamer Hatoum

Updated 12-Dec-10 1:47am

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fjdiewornncalwe · Answer 1 · 2010-12-12T03:59:00

Solution 1

Try a bunch of these links, they may help you to understand how to use the notify icon correctly.

Notify Icon control in .NET 2.0 with balloon tips[^]

Notify Icon in System Tray with Context Menu Using C#[^]

WPF NotifyIcon[^]

Mahhala – WPF NotifyIcon[^]

WPF/XAML NotifyIcon and Taskbar (System Tray) Popup Window[^]

Displaying a Notify Icon's Balloon Tool Tip[^]

Posted 12-Dec-10 3:59am

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Tamer Hatoum 12-Dec-10 10:08am

thank you for the links, but that is not my question , I know how to create the notify tooltip.. but I mean I load it when the login form loads , and then I close the login form and I am now for example in form2 then when a new msg updated in inbox database so I want to be notified... how can I do it???

Tamer Hatoum · Answer 2 · 2010-12-12T19:23:00

I solved my issue by timer...

I have created a timer in the login form which intialize the notfiy then it calls the function every 10 secs and check in database....

C#

public static System.Timers.Timer aTimer;
       public int cntibx = 0;

then on login button clicked

C#

// login Start
        private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {

MIDL

// Create a timer with a three second interval.
                     aTimer = new System.Timers.Timer(3000);

                     // Hook up the Elapsed event for the timer.
                     aTimer.Elapsed += new ElapsedEventHandler(Testtimer);

                     // Set the Interval to 2 seconds (2000 milliseconds).
                     aTimer.Interval = 10000;
                     aTimer.Enabled = true;
                     aTimer.Start();
}

then the Testtimer function for doing the stuff and show notifyicon

C#

public void Testtimer(object source, ElapsedEventArgs e)
       {
           int cnt= CountProcc();
           if (cnt > cntibx)
           {
               cntibx = cnt;
               QN.ShowBalloonTip(0, "QN Archive ", "inbox : " + cntibx, System.Windows.Forms.ToolTipIcon.Info);

           }
       }

Regards....