Adding a tray icon for a console app?

[melon]

Hello,

I have written a console application, but now I would like to add a
notify icon in the system tray. What is the easiest way to do it? It
would be painful if I have to convert it to a Windows App.

Thanks.

 

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

melon,

The problem with the console app is that there is no pump for windows
messages. You could run a message pump in a separate thread, and then have
a NotifyIcon class instance that was created in that thread. It's not going
to be pretty, but I think it is possible.

Hope this helps.