by Jonathan Roach (6 Submissions)
Category: Miscellaneous
Compatability: Visual Basic 3.0
Difficulty: Intermediate
Date Added: Wed 3rd February 2021
Rating: 
(18 Votes)
This code demonstrates how to place an icon into the system tray and then make text dynamically scroll across the icon in ticker tape fashion right in the system tray next to your clock.
Assumes
Tested on Win9x, XP, 2000 machines and developed in VB 5.
Also requires the Microsoft Common Controls, in specific, the ImageList Control.
API DeclarationsShell_NotifyIcon
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