VB.Net Tutorial/GUI/NotifyIcon

Change icon for NotifyIcon

Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Drawing.Drawing2D
public class ChangeNotifyIcon
   public Shared Sub Main
        Application.Run(New Form1)
   End Sub
End class
Public Class Form1
    Private Sub radStop_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles radStop.Click
        nicStatus.Icon = New Icon("1.ico")
    End Sub
    Private Sub radGo_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles radGo.Click
        nicStatus.Icon = New Icon("2.ico")
    End Sub
End Class

<Global.Microsoft.VisualBasic.rupilerServices.DesignerGenerated()> _
Partial Public Class Form1
    Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
    "Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list.
    <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCode()> _
    Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean)
        If disposing AndAlso components IsNot Nothing Then
            components.Dispose()
        End If
        MyBase.Dispose(disposing)
    End Sub
    "Required by the Windows Form Designer
    Private components As System.ruponentModel.IContainer
    "NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer
    "It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer.  
    "Do not modify it using the code editor.
    <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> _
    Private Sub InitializeComponent()
        Me.ruponents = New System.ruponentModel.Container
        Me.nicStatus = New System.Windows.Forms.NotifyIcon(Me.ruponents)
        Me.radStop = New System.Windows.Forms.RadioButton
        Me.radGo = New System.Windows.Forms.RadioButton
        Me.SuspendLayout()
        "
        "nicStatus
        "
        Me.nicStatus.Text = "NotifyIcon1"
        Me.nicStatus.Visible = True
        "
        "radStop
        "
        Me.radStop.AutoSize = True
        Me.radStop.Checked = True
        Me.radStop.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(16, 16)
        Me.radStop.Name = "radStop"
        Me.radStop.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(43, 17)
        Me.radStop.TabIndex = 0
        Me.radStop.Text = "Stop"
        "
        "radGo
        "
        Me.radGo.AutoSize = True
        Me.radGo.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(112, 16)
        Me.radGo.Name = "radGo"
        Me.radGo.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(35, 17)
        Me.radGo.TabIndex = 1
        Me.radGo.TabStop = False
        Me.radGo.Text = "Go"
        "
        "Form1
        "
        Me.AutoScaleDimensions = New System.Drawing.SizeF(6.0!, 13.0!)
        Me.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font
        Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(292, 273)
        Me.Controls.Add(Me.radGo)
        Me.Controls.Add(Me.radStop)
        Me.Name = "Form1"
        Me.Text = "UseNotifyIcon"
        Me.ResumeLayout(False)
        Me.PerformLayout()
    End Sub
    Friend WithEvents nicStatus As System.Windows.Forms.NotifyIcon
    Friend WithEvents radStop As System.Windows.Forms.RadioButton
    Friend WithEvents radGo As System.Windows.Forms.RadioButton
End Class

Make NotifyIcon visible

Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Drawing.Drawing2D
Imports System.Windows.Forms
public class NotifyIconVisibleDoubleClick
   public Shared Sub Main
        Application.Run(New Form1)
   End Sub
End class
Public Class Form1
    Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
#Region " Windows Form Designer generated code "
    Public Sub New()
        MyBase.New()
        "This call is required by the Windows Form Designer.
        InitializeComponent()
        "Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call
    End Sub
    "Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list.
    Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean)
        If disposing Then
            If Not (components Is Nothing) Then
                components.Dispose()
            End If
        End If
        MyBase.Dispose(disposing)
    End Sub
    "Required by the Windows Form Designer
    Private components As System.ruponentModel.IContainer
    "NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer
    "It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer.  
    "Do not modify it using the code editor.
    Friend WithEvents NotifyIcon1 As System.Windows.Forms.NotifyIcon
    Friend WithEvents Button1 As System.Windows.Forms.Button
    Friend WithEvents Label1 As System.Windows.Forms.Label
    <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub InitializeComponent()
        Me.ruponents = New System.ruponentModel.Container
        Dim resources As System.Resources.ResourceManager = New System.Resources.ResourceManager(GetType(Form1))
        Me.NotifyIcon1 = New System.Windows.Forms.NotifyIcon(Me.ruponents)
        Me.Button1 = New System.Windows.Forms.Button
        Me.Label1 = New System.Windows.Forms.Label
        Me.SuspendLayout()
        "
        "NotifyIcon1
        "
        Me.NotifyIcon1.Icon = new System.Drawing.Icon("i.ico")
        Me.NotifyIcon1.Text = "NotifyIcon1"
        "
        "Button1
        "
        Me.Button1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(88, 88)
        Me.Button1.Name = "Button1"
        Me.Button1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(112, 24)
        Me.Button1.TabIndex = 0
        Me.Button1.Text = "Click Me"
        "
        "Label1
        "
        Me.Label1.Font = New System.Drawing.Font("Microsoft Sans Serif", 24.0!, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, CType(0, Byte))
        Me.Label1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(0, 0)
        Me.Label1.Name = "Label1"
        Me.Label1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(216, 48)
        Me.Label1.TabIndex = 1
        Me.Label1.Text = "Notify Icons"
        "
        "Form1
        "
        Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13)
        Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(292, 273)
        Me.Controls.Add(Me.Label1)
        Me.Controls.Add(Me.Button1)
        Me.Name = "Form1"
        Me.Text = "Form1"
        Me.ResumeLayout(False)
    End Sub
#End Region
    Private Sub NotifyIcon1_DoubleClick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles NotifyIcon1.DoubleClick
        MsgBox("You double clicked the notify icon.")
    End Sub
    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        NotifyIcon1.Visible = True
    End Sub
End Class

NotifyIcon double click event

Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Drawing.Drawing2D
Imports System.Windows.Forms
public class NotifyIconVisibleDoubleClick
   public Shared Sub Main
        Application.Run(New Form1)
   End Sub
End class
Public Class Form1
    Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
#Region " Windows Form Designer generated code "
    Public Sub New()
        MyBase.New()
        "This call is required by the Windows Form Designer.
        InitializeComponent()
        "Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call
    End Sub
    "Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list.
    Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean)
        If disposing Then
            If Not (components Is Nothing) Then
                components.Dispose()
            End If
        End If
        MyBase.Dispose(disposing)
    End Sub
    "Required by the Windows Form Designer
    Private components As System.ruponentModel.IContainer
    "NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer
    "It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer.  
    "Do not modify it using the code editor.
    Friend WithEvents NotifyIcon1 As System.Windows.Forms.NotifyIcon
    Friend WithEvents Button1 As System.Windows.Forms.Button
    Friend WithEvents Label1 As System.Windows.Forms.Label
    <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub InitializeComponent()
        Me.ruponents = New System.ruponentModel.Container
        Dim resources As System.Resources.ResourceManager = New System.Resources.ResourceManager(GetType(Form1))
        Me.NotifyIcon1 = New System.Windows.Forms.NotifyIcon(Me.ruponents)
        Me.Button1 = New System.Windows.Forms.Button
        Me.Label1 = New System.Windows.Forms.Label
        Me.SuspendLayout()
        "
        "NotifyIcon1
        "
        Me.NotifyIcon1.Icon = new System.Drawing.Icon("i.ico")
        Me.NotifyIcon1.Text = "NotifyIcon1"
        "
        "Button1
        "
        Me.Button1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(88, 88)
        Me.Button1.Name = "Button1"
        Me.Button1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(112, 24)
        Me.Button1.TabIndex = 0
        Me.Button1.Text = "Click Me"
        "
        "Label1
        "
        Me.Label1.Font = New System.Drawing.Font("Microsoft Sans Serif", 24.0!, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, CType(0, Byte))
        Me.Label1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(0, 0)
        Me.Label1.Name = "Label1"
        Me.Label1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(216, 48)
        Me.Label1.TabIndex = 1
        Me.Label1.Text = "Notify Icons"
        "
        "Form1
        "
        Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13)
        Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(292, 273)
        Me.Controls.Add(Me.Label1)
        Me.Controls.Add(Me.Button1)
        Me.Name = "Form1"
        Me.Text = "Form1"
        Me.ResumeLayout(False)
    End Sub
#End Region
    Private Sub NotifyIcon1_DoubleClick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles NotifyIcon1.DoubleClick
        MsgBox("You double clicked the notify icon.")
    End Sub
    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        NotifyIcon1.Visible = True
    End Sub
End Class

NotifyIcon with Popup Menu

Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Drawing.Drawing2D
Imports System.Windows.Forms
public class NotifyIconWithContextMenu
   public Shared Sub Main
        Application.Run(New Form1)
   End Sub
End class
Public Class Form1
    Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
    Public Sub New()
        MyBase.New()
        InitializeComponent()
    End Sub
    Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean)
        If disposing Then
            If Not (components Is Nothing) Then
                components.Dispose()
            End If
        End If
        MyBase.Dispose(disposing)
    End Sub
    Private components As System.ruponentModel.IContainer
    Friend WithEvents ContextMenu1 As System.Windows.Forms.ContextMenu
    Friend WithEvents MenuItem1 As System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem
    Friend WithEvents MenuItem2 As System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem
    Friend WithEvents MenuItem3 As System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem
    Friend WithEvents MenuItem4 As System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem
    Friend WithEvents MenuItem5 As System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem
    Friend WithEvents MenuItem6 As System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem
    Private WithEvents NotifyIcon1 As System.Windows.Forms.NotifyIcon
    <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub InitializeComponent()
        Me.ruponents = New System.ruponentModel.Container
        Me.ContextMenu1 = New System.Windows.Forms.ContextMenu
        Me.NotifyIcon1 = New System.Windows.Forms.NotifyIcon(Me.ruponents)
        Me.MenuItem1 = New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem
        Me.MenuItem2 = New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem
        Me.MenuItem3 = New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem
        Me.MenuItem4 = New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem
        Me.MenuItem5 = New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem
        Me.MenuItem6 = New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem
        "
        "ContextMenu1
        "
        Me.ContextMenu1.MenuItems.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem() {Me.MenuItem1, Me.MenuItem2, Me.MenuItem3})
        "
        "NotifyIcon1
        "
        Me.NotifyIcon1.ContextMenu = Me.ContextMenu1
        Me.NotifyIcon1.Icon = new System.Drawing.Icon("1.ico")
        Me.NotifyIcon1.Text = "NotifyIcon1"
        Me.NotifyIcon1.Visible = True
        "
        "MenuItem1
        "
        Me.MenuItem1.Index = 0
        Me.MenuItem1.MenuItems.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem() {Me.MenuItem4, Me.MenuItem5, Me.MenuItem6})
        Me.MenuItem1.Text = "A"
        "
        "MenuItem2
        "
        Me.MenuItem2.Index = 1
        Me.MenuItem2.Text = "B"
        "
        "MenuItem3
        "
        Me.MenuItem3.Index = 2
        Me.MenuItem3.Text = "C"
        "
        "MenuItem4
        "
        Me.MenuItem4.Index = 0
        Me.MenuItem4.Text = "D"
        "
        "MenuItem5
        "
        Me.MenuItem5.Index = 1
        Me.MenuItem5.Text = "E"
        "
        "MenuItem6
        "
        Me.MenuItem6.Index = 2
        Me.MenuItem6.Text = "F"
        "
        "Form1
        "
        Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13)
        Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(292, 266)
    End Sub

End Class