Notification Area Icon in C# Windows Forms

Introduction

In Windows there is a Taskbar with a Notification area (historically known as the system tray or status area) with icons. Typically in the bottom-right a notification icon notifies the user of certain information.

Example: we generally have some software installed in our machine and we periodically get the following notifications.





We can create a notification icon using C# Windows Forms as per requirements.
 
The following is a snapshot of an notification icon that pops up when the user starts the application.



Procedure

1. Add a Windows application
   
   
    
2. Add a NotifyIcon as in the screen below.
   
   
    
3. the following control will be added (notiyicon) to the application:
   
   
    
4. Add the following code to the form:
   
   

   protected void Displaynotify()
   {
       try
       {
           notifyIcon1.Icon = new       System.Drawing.Icon(Path.GetFullPath(@"image\graph.ico"));
           notifyIcon1.Text = "Export Datatable Utlity";
           notifyIcon1.Visible = true;
           notifyIcon1.BalloonTipTitle = "Welcome Devesh omar to Datatable Export Utlity";
           notifyIcon1.BalloonTipText = "Click Here to see details";
           notifyIcon1.ShowBalloonTip(100);
       }
       catch (Exception ex)
      {
      }
   }

   
   
5. Call the preceding method at form_load as in the following:
   
   

   private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
   {
        Displaynotify();
   }

   
   
6. Complete Code: 
   
     
7. Running the application:
   
   
   
   
8. Go to the bottom-right status bar as in the following:
   
   
    
9. Handling events:
   
   Right-click on the notifyincon to see the property window:
   
   
    
10. Add code for the notifyicon click as in the following:
    
    

    private void notifyIcon1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
         MessageBox.Show("DEVESH !!! you clicked on notifyicon");
    }

    
    
11. Run the code and click on the following icon:
    
    
    
    

Conclusion

We have learned the basics of notifyicons in C# Windoes Forms.