NOTIFYICONDATA

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Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3

4/8/2010

This structure contains information that the system needs to process taskbar status area messages.

Syntax

typedef struct _NOTIFYICONDATA { 
  DWORD cbSize;
  HWND hWnd; 
  UINT uID; 
  UINT uFlags; 
  UINT uCallbackMessage; 
  HICON hIcon; 
  WCHAR szTip[64]; 
} NOTIFYICONDATA, *PNOTIFYICONDATA;

Members

• cbSize
  Size of this structure, in bytes.

• hWnd
  Handle to the window that receives notification messages associated with an icon in the taskbar status area.

• uID
  Application-defined identifier of the taskbar icon. Values from 0 to 12 are reserved and should not be used.

• uFlags
  Array of flags that indicate which of the other members contain valid data. This member can be a combination of the values in the following table.

  Value	Description
  NIF_ICON	The hIcon member is valid.
  NIF_MESSAGE	The uCallbackMessage member is valid.
  NIF_TIP	The szTip member is valid.

• uCallbackMessage
  Application-defined message identifier. The system uses this identifier for notification messages that it sends to the window identified in hWnd. These notifications are sent when a mouse event occurs in the bounding rectangle of the icon.

• hIcon
  Handle to the icon to add, modify, or delete.

• szTip
  Null-terminated string that contains ToolTip text to display for the icon.

Requirements

See Also

Reference

Shell Structures
Shell_NotifyIcon