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Demo 5: Taskbar Tray Icon and EventLog

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Part 1: Code Example

1. Download the interface code and compile:

Download: [Interface Download] - 4kb

2. Code D:\test\HelloTray.java:

/*
* Created on 2007-2-5
*/
package test;

import java.io.*;

import com.regexlab.j2e.*;

/**
* @author sswater shi
*/
public class HelloTray implements SystemTrayCallback
{
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception
    {
        System.out.println("Hello World");
        System.out.println();

        // arguments
        if(args.length > 0) dump_args(args);

        // SystemTray
        SystemTray tray98 = new SystemTray(1, "hello, simple tip");
        SystemTray tray2k = new SystemTray(1, "hello", "win 2k info",
            "title", SystemTray.INFOTYPE_INFO);

        SystemTray.setSystemTrayCallback(new HelloTray());

        // EventLog
        EventLog log = new EventLog("Log from Java");

        try
        {
           System.out.println("Testing:\n 1 - test system tray,\n 2 - hide trays,\n 3 - test eventlog,\n 4 - exit");
           BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
                new InputStreamReader(System.in));
           String line = null;

           while((line = in.readLine()) != null)
           {
               switch(line.charAt(0))
               {
               case '1':
                   tray98.Show();
                   tray2k.Show();
                   System.out.println("Icon shown.");
                   break;

               case '2':
                   tray98.Hide();
                   tray2k.Hide();
                   System.out.println("Icon hidden.");
                   break;

               case '3':
                   log.reportEvent(EventLog.INFORMATION,
                        (short)0, 1, "msg");
                   System.out.println("New log reported.");
                   break;

               case '4':
                   System.out.println("exiting");
                   return;
               }
           }
        }
        finally
        {
            tray98.Hide();
            tray2k.Hide();
        }
    }

    protected static void dump_args(String[] args)
    {
        System.out.println("You have typed " +
            args.length + " arguments:");
        for(int i=0; i<args.length; i++)
        {
            System.out.println(i + " - " + args[i]);
        }
    }

    public void OnMouseClick(SystemTray tray, int mouseEvent)
    {
        if(mouseEvent == SystemTray.LEFT_CLICK)
            System.out.println("left clicked");
    }
}

Part 2: Compile and Run

1. Download the latest Jar2Exe Wizard 1.7 .
2. When creating exe, let 'event log' and 'system tray' checked:
3. Download the program and result exe in this demo:

[SysTrayDemo.zip] - 34kb

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