james2k2
10-23-2009, 06:17 AM
Hi All,
I am interested in programming some software to display a laptops battery status in a simple elegant tray 'insert'. There is obviously already the windows one built in, but it just displays an icon that changes in 5 states - Charging, 0%, 1%-30%, 31%-60%, 60%+ (something like that, i'm sure you all know). The only issue is that this doesn't give a very good representation to the user.
I would like my 'insert' to be maybe two-icons width, so i guess that would be 32x16. All other battery monitors i've seen have the actual meter in a dragable 'widget' and this just isn't suitable.
Basically, my question is can i have a custom insert in the system tray instead of an icon using VB6? I know this can definatly be done somehow, but not sure if VB6 has it to do this. A good example of an insert would be Clokc Tray Skins if any of you are familiar with this.
Kind regards,
James
I am interested in programming some software to display a laptops battery status in a simple elegant tray 'insert'. There is obviously already the windows one built in, but it just displays an icon that changes in 5 states - Charging, 0%, 1%-30%, 31%-60%, 60%+ (something like that, i'm sure you all know). The only issue is that this doesn't give a very good representation to the user.
I would like my 'insert' to be maybe two-icons width, so i guess that would be 32x16. All other battery monitors i've seen have the actual meter in a dragable 'widget' and this just isn't suitable.
Basically, my question is can i have a custom insert in the system tray instead of an icon using VB6? I know this can definatly be done somehow, but not sure if VB6 has it to do this. A good example of an insert would be Clokc Tray Skins if any of you are familiar with this.
Kind regards,
James