
=head1 NAME

Win32::GUI::NotifyIcon - Create and manipulate icons and tooltips in the system tray

=head1 DESCRIPTION

The functionality of Win32::GUI::NotifyIcon is affected by the version
of shell32.dll installed with the windows system running your script. You
can find this version from $Win32::GUI::NotifyIcon::SHELLDLL_VERSION,
which contains the major version number of the shell32.dll library that
has been loaded.

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=head1 METHODS

L<Common methods|Win32::GUI::Reference::Methods> apply to most windows, controls and resources.

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=head2 new

B<new(PARENT, %OPTIONS)>

Creates a new NotifyIcon (also known as system tray icon) object;
can also be called as PARENT->AddNotifyIcon(%OPTIONS).

B<%OPTIONS> are:

    -icon => Win32::GUI::Icon object
        the icon to display in the taskbar
    -name => STRING
        the name for the object
    -tip => STRING
        the text that will appear as a tooltip when the mouse is
        hovering over the NotifyIcon.  For shell32.dll versions prior
        to 5.0 the text length is limited to 63 characters;  For
        later versions it is limited to 127 characters.  The string
        provided will be truncated as necessary.
    -event => NEM Event Hash
       Set NEM event handler (you can also use -on Event Option).

For shell32.dll version 5.0 and later balloon tooltips can be used,
the following options control balloon tooltips.  If your version
of shell32.dll does not support balloon tooltips, then these options
are silently ignored:

    -balloon => 0/1
       A flag controlling whether the ballon tip is displayed by
       new() or Change(), or whether the ShowBalloon() method
       must be called to display the balloon tooltip.  Defaults
       to 0 (not displayed).
    -balloon_tip => STRING
       Sets the text that will appear in the body of the balloon tip.
       Will cause the balloon tip to be removed from the screen if set
       to the empty string and displayed. The string is limited to
       255 characters and will be truncated as necessary.
    -balloon_title => STRING
       Sets the text that appears as a title at the top of the balloon
       tip. The string is limited to 63 characters and will be truncated
       as necessary.
    -balloon_icon  => STRING
       Sets the icon that is displayed next to the balloon tip title. If
       the balloon tip title is not set (or is set to the empty string),
       then no icon is displayed.  Allowed values for STRING are:
       error, info, warning, none.  Defaults to 'none'.
   -balloon_timeout => NUMBER
       The maximum time for which a balloon tooltip is displayed before
       being removed, in milliseconds.  The system will limit the range
       allowed (typically to between 10 and 30 seconds).  If a balloon
       is being displayed and another taskbar icon tries to display a
       balloon tip, then the one being displayed will be removed after
       it has been displayed for the system minimum time (typically 10
       seconds), and only then will the new tooltip be displayed.
       Defaults to 10 seconds.

Returns a Win32::GUI::NotifyIcon object on success, undef on failure

See also the L<common options|Win32::GUI::Reference::Options>.

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=head2 Change

B<Change(%OPTIONS)>

Change all options. See L<new Win32::GUI::NotifyIcon()|Win32::GUI::NotifyIcon/new>.

Returns 1 on success, 0 on failure

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=head2 Delete

B<Delete()>

Deprecated method for removing notify icon from the system tray.  Will be
removed from future Win32::GUI versions without further warning.

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=head2 HideBalloon

B<HideBalloon([FLAG=1])>

Only supported by shell32.dll v5.0 and above

Show or hide a balloon tooltip with details supplied from the new() or
Change() methods, using the -balloon_tip, -balloon_title, -balloon_timeout
and -balloon_icon options.

Set B<FLAG> to a false value to display the balloon tooltip, or to a true
value to hide the tip (it will automatically be hidden by the system
after -balloon_timeout millseconds).  If B<FLAG> is omitted, hides the
tooltip.  If the tooltip is already showing, re-showing it queues
a new balloon tooltip to be displayed once the existing one times out.

Returns 1 on success, 0 on failure or undef if not supported.

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=head2 Remove

B<Remove()>

Remove the Notify Icon from the system tray, and free its related resources

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=head2 SetBehaviour

B<SetBehaviour([FLAG])>

Only supported by shell32.dll v5.0 and above

Set FLAG to a true value to get the Windows 2000 taskbar behaviour. set
FLAG to a flase value to get Windows 95 taskbar behaviour.  See the MSDN
documentation for Shell_NotifyIcon for more details.

Returns 1 on success, 0 on failure and undef if not supported.

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=head2 SetFocus

B<SetFocus()>

Only supported by shell32.dll v5.0 and above

Return focus to the taskbar notification area.  For example if the
taskbar icon displays a shortcut menu and the user cancels the menu
with ESC, then use this method to return focus to the taskbar
notification area.

Returns 1 on success, 0 on failure and undef if not supported.

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=head2 ShowBalloon

B<ShowBalloon([FLAG=1])>

Only supported by shell32.dll v5.0 and above

Show or hide a balloon tooltip with details supplied from the new() or
Change() methods, using the -balloon_tip, -balloon_title, -balloon_timeout
and -balloon_icon options.

Set B<FLAG> to a true value to display the balloon tooltip, or to a false
value to hide the tip (it will automatically be hidden by the system
after -balloon_timeout millseconds).  If B<FLAG> is omitted, displays the
tooltip.  If the tooltip is already showing, re-showing it queues
a new balloon tooltip to be displayed once the existing one times out.

Returns 1 on success, 0 on failure or undef if not supported.




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=head1 EVENTS

L<Common events|Win32::GUI::Reference::Events> apply to most windows and controls.

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=head2 Click

B<Click()>

Sent when the user clicks the left mouse button on
a NotifyIcon.

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=head2 DblClick

B<DblClick()>

Sent when the user double clicks the left mouse button on
a NotifyIcon.

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=head2 MiddleClick

B<MiddleClick()>

Sent when the user clicks the middle mouse button on
a NotifyIcon.

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=head2 MiddleDblClick

B<MiddleDblClick()>

Sent when the user double clicks the middle mouse button on
a NotifyIcon.

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=head2 MouseEvent

B<MouseEvent(MSG)>

Sent when the user performs any other mouse event on
a NotifyIcon; MSG is the message code.
For shell.dll greater than V6 will also fire for balloon
events.

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=head2 RightClick

B<RightClick()>

Sent when the user clicks the right mouse button on
a NotifyIcon.

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=head2 RightDblClick

B<RightDblClick()>

Sent when the user double clicks the right mouse button on
a NotifyIcon.





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=head1 VERSION

Documentation for Win32::GUI v1.06 created 05 Mar 2010

This document is autogenerated by the build process. Edits made here will be lost.
Edit F<docs/per_package.tpl> instead.

=head1 SUPPORT

Homepage: L<http://perl-win32-gui.sourceforge.net/>.

For further support join the users mailing list(C<perl-win32-gui-users@lists.sourceforge.net>) from the website
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=head1 COPYRIGHT and LICENCE

Copyright (c) 1997..2010 Aldo Calpini. All rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.


