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Shell Tray Info - Arrange your system tray icons

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26 Jun 2005CPOL3 min read 358.7K   10.4K   93  
A tool with full source code that enumerates tray icons and allows you to reposition them as well as send mouse messages.
/*
Copyright(C) Nishant Sivakumar. All rights reserved.
URLs - http://blog.voidnish.com and http://www.voidnish.com
Contact : nish@voidnish.com
*/

// ShellTrayInfo.cpp : Defines the class behaviors for the application.
//

#include "stdafx.h"
#include "ShellTrayInfo.h"
#include "MainFrm.h"


#ifdef _DEBUG
#define new DEBUG_NEW
#endif


// CShellTrayInfoApp

BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CShellTrayInfoApp, CWinApp)
	ON_COMMAND(ID_APP_ABOUT, OnAppAbout)
END_MESSAGE_MAP()


// CShellTrayInfoApp construction

CShellTrayInfoApp::CShellTrayInfoApp()
{
	// TODO: add construction code here,
	// Place all significant initialization in InitInstance
}


// The one and only CShellTrayInfoApp object

CShellTrayInfoApp theApp;

// CShellTrayInfoApp initialization

BOOL CShellTrayInfoApp::InitInstance()
{
	InitCommonControls();

	CWinApp::InitInstance();

	// Initialize OLE libraries
	if (!AfxOleInit())
	{
		AfxMessageBox(IDP_OLE_INIT_FAILED);
		return FALSE;
	}
	AfxEnableControlContainer();

	//Check for Windows XP - if it's any other version, exit
	OSVERSIONINFO ovi = {0};
	ovi.dwOSVersionInfoSize = sizeof ovi;
	GetVersionEx(&ovi);
	bool bXP = (ovi.dwMajorVersion == 5) && (ovi.dwMinorVersion == 1);
	if(!bXP)
	{
		AfxMessageBox(_T("This application only runs on Windows XP"),MB_OK|MB_ICONERROR);
		return FALSE;
	}
	
	CMainFrame* pFrame = new CMainFrame;
	if (!pFrame)
		return FALSE;
	m_pMainWnd = pFrame;
	// create and load the frame with its resources
	pFrame->LoadFrame(IDR_MAINFRAME,
		WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW | FWS_ADDTOTITLE, NULL,
		NULL);
	
    pFrame->ShowWindow(SW_SHOW);
	pFrame->UpdateWindow();	
	return TRUE;
}


// CShellTrayInfoApp message handlers

// CAboutDlg dialog used for App About

class CAboutDlg : public CDialog
{
public:
	CAboutDlg();

// Dialog Data
	enum { IDD = IDD_ABOUTBOX };

protected:
	virtual void DoDataExchange(CDataExchange* pDX);    // DDX/DDV support

// Implementation
protected:
	DECLARE_MESSAGE_MAP()
};

CAboutDlg::CAboutDlg() : CDialog(CAboutDlg::IDD)
{
}

void CAboutDlg::DoDataExchange(CDataExchange* pDX)
{
	CDialog::DoDataExchange(pDX);
}

BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CAboutDlg, CDialog)
END_MESSAGE_MAP()

// App command to run the dialog
void CShellTrayInfoApp::OnAppAbout()
{
	CAboutDlg aboutDlg;
	aboutDlg.DoModal();
}


// CShellTrayInfoApp message handlers

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Nish Nishant is a technology enthusiast from Columbus, Ohio. He has over 20 years of software industry experience in various roles including Chief Technology Officer, Senior Solution Architect, Lead Software Architect, Principal Software Engineer, and Engineering/Architecture Team Leader. Nish is a 14-time recipient of the Microsoft Visual C++ MVP Award.

Nish authored C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications in 2005, and co-authored Extending MFC Applications with the .NET Framework for Addison Wesley in 2003. In addition, he has over 140 published technology articles on CodeProject.com and another 250+ blog articles on his WordPress blog. Nish is experienced in technology leadership, solution architecture, software architecture, cloud development (AWS and Azure), REST services, software engineering best practices, CI/CD, mentoring, and directing all stages of software development.

Nish's Technology Blog : voidnish.wordpress.com

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