I have a windowless notifyicon with a ContextMenu on it. Since there is no
main window with this app, I would like to have a singleclick event on the
icon to open the contextmenu. Creating the eventhandler for the click event
is easy, but the contextmenu.show() method is looking for a windows control
to base the popup on. What control does the right-click use or is there
another way around this?

Try creating a window that has 0 width/height and pass
that to the method. An instance of the Control class
should be enough. You will need create the handle before
passing it.

Something like this:

** VB.NET **
Dim c As New Control
c.Size = New Size(0, 0)
c.Visible = True
c.CreateControl()

** C# **
Control c = new Control();
c.Size = new Size(0, 0);
c.Visible = true;
c.CreateControl();

You'll need to experiment with the position of it to get
the menu where you want it.

/claes

"Robert Beaubien" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message news:8523CF5C-1952-45B6-83D6-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have a windowless notifyicon with a ContextMenu on it. Since there is no
> main window with this app, I would like to have a singleclick event on the
> icon to open the contextmenu. Creating the eventhandler for the click
> event
> is easy, but the contextmenu.show() method is looking for a windows
> control
> to base the popup on. What control does the right-click use or is there
> another way around this?
>

"Robert Beaubien" <(E-Mail Removed)> schrieb:
>I have a windowless notifyicon with a ContextMenu on it. Since there is no
> main window with this app, I would like to have a singleclick event on the
> icon to open the contextmenu.

Assign the context menu object to the notify icon's 'ContextMenu' property.

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I didn't know you could actually create a control without a window. I'
ll try that, but it still doesn't answer what control the menu is using when
it is right-clicked.

Thanx

"Claes.Bergefall" wrote:

> Try creating a window that has 0 width/height and pass
> that to the method. An instance of the Control class
> should be enough. You will need create the handle before
> passing it.
>
> Something like this:
>
> ** VB.NET **
> Dim c As New Control
> c.Size = New Size(0, 0)
> c.Visible = True
> c.CreateControl()
>
> ** C# **
> Control c = new Control();
> c.Size = new Size(0, 0);
> c.Visible = true;
> c.CreateControl();
>
> You'll need to experiment with the position of it to get
> the menu where you want it.
>
> /claes
>
> "Robert Beaubien" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> message news:8523CF5C-1952-45B6-83D6-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I have a windowless notifyicon with a ContextMenu on it. Since there is no
> > main window with this app, I would like to have a singleclick event on the
> > icon to open the contextmenu. Creating the eventhandler for the click
> > event
> > is easy, but the contextmenu.show() method is looking for a windows
> > control
> > to base the popup on. What control does the right-click use or is there
> > another way around this?
> >
>
>
>

[Loki]

You could use something like this:


private void notify_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
typeof(NotifyIcon).InvokeMember("ShowContextMenu", BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.InvokeMethod, null, this.notify, null);
}


It's hacky, but it works.