[AccessD] OT Add item to system tray

DWUTKA at marlow.com DWUTKA at marlow.com
Mon Jun 5 17:55:41 CDT 2006


Okay, but I'm curious about the system tray portion.  If they are putting in
a CD, why not have it just display the pdf?  That would be a function of
Autostart.  The system tray seems like an unnecessary step.

However, if it's a must, yes I can help you.  I wouldn't do it in Access
(though it can be done that way), I would recommend a VB .exe.  The only
issue is that VB runtimes would need to be present or installed.  I've
dabbled in C++, which could do it without the runtimes, but I'm no expert
there.  I could try if VB is a problem.

Putting an icon in the system tray is called subclassing.  Basically, you
have a window that is not visible, however, it's linked to the icon through
API's.  When someone clicks on the icon, the window gets the various
'notifications'. (ie, right click, left click, mouse over, etc.).

Drew

-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Reid [mailto:mwp.reid at qub.ac.uk]
Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 2:36 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT Add item to system tray


We have doctors who dont read so we figured we would get the cancer
treatment guidlines and put them on a disk. Ppp disk in PC and hey presto
instant cancer guidelines always available. No we cant install or simply
give them a PDF or send them an email. And believe it or not our medical
people think this simple thing could actually save lives.
 
So Drew? Any help?
 
Martin
 
Martin WP Reid
Training and Assessment Unit
Riddle Hall
Belfast
 
tel: 02890 974477
 

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From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com on behalf of DWUTKA at marlow.com
Sent: Mon 05/06/2006 19:09
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Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT Add item to system tray



Possible, yes.  The question would be why?

Drew

-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Reid [mailto:mwp.reid at qub.ac.uk]
Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 9:01 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: [AccessD] OT Add item to system tray


Is ti possibel and does anyone know how

Distribute a PDF file on a Floppy.
user puts it into drive
Little C symbol is added to the system tray
user clicks the C and opens the PDF

Martin

Martin WP Reid
Training and Assessment Unit
Riddle Hall
Belfast

tel: 02890 974477


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