C# - Windows 2000 BalloonTip Events workaround

Question

Ive been looking all over for a workaround for this but have found nothing besides "Just have them click the NotifyIcon".

Windows 2000 obviously does not support BalloonTip events but I need a way to detect when either the balloon tip is clicked or closed. So I was thinking if there was a way for my program to know if the balloonTip is currently displayed, then I can create a timer that checks if the balloonTip is no longer displayed. Maybe something like this:

timer_tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if (!balloonTipDisplayed())
    {
        //balloon is closed, do somthing...
    }
}

Does anyone know of a way to do this? Or maybe have a better workaround? Thanks for any help.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 22 '11 at 20:37

There is nothing out there to resolve that AFAIK. There is no event in the Windows 2000 UI which can be fired. It's something I battled with for a while and ended up writing something to do it instead for just Windows 2000. I used another Windows Form which was shown "always on top" in the bottom right hand corner of the screen to emulate it. Not pretty but it worked :)

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 22 '11 at 21:30

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I took what Chris said and ended up finding this great project: TaskbarNotifier

It works in 2000 and XP which is just what i need, and it even looks nicer than a balloonTip.

answered Sep 22 '11 at 21:30

Brian Tacker

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