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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

Header shellapi.h
Windows Embedded CE Windows CE 1.0 and later
Windows Mobile Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later

See Also

Reference

Shell Structures
Shell_NotifyIcon