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Re: Handling the message by minimizing using "Windows key+D"

8-Jan-08 2:01

Stop being rude. He is not being paid to help you out.

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David Crow8-Jan-08 3:18

Re: Handling the message by minimizing using "Windows key+D"

8-Jan-08 3:18

You considered Mohammad's question to be rude? Confused | :confused:

As I see it, he was just asking for clarification.

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Rajesh R Subramanian8-Jan-08 3:29

Re: Handling the message by minimizing using "Windows key+D"

8-Jan-08 3:29

I thought he could have asked "Would you please", instead of "Would you mind".

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David Crow8-Jan-08 3:36

Re: Handling the message by minimizing using "Windows key+D"

8-Jan-08 3:36

Yes, he "could" have, but why, when they are both valid forms of asking the same question? Consider:

Would you please help me find the store?
Would you mind helping me find the store?

Rajesh R Subramanian8-Jan-08 3:39

Re: Handling the message by minimizing using "Windows key+D"

8-Jan-08 3:39

I really don't know, but I felt that "please" would have been a more polite form. My apologies, if I am wrong. Smile | :)

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toxcct8-Jan-08 3:48

Re: Handling the message by minimizing using "Windows key+D"

8-Jan-08 3:48

Please Lord for me please.

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Rajesh R Subramanian8-Jan-08 3:50

Re: Handling the message by minimizing using "Windows key+D"

8-Jan-08 3:50

Would you mind explaining it to me? Laugh | :laugh:

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toxcct8-Jan-08 3:52

Re: Handling the message by minimizing using "Windows key+D"

8-Jan-08 3:52

you pwned me with the Win+D, because the OP specified it explicitely, but I still think that he is trying to do something badly. Windows is what it is, what trying to change its behavior...?! D'Oh! | :doh:

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Rajesh R Subramanian8-Jan-08 3:56

Re: Handling the message by minimizing using "Windows key+D"

8-Jan-08 3:56

toxcct wrote:
you pwned me with the Win+D, because the OP specified it explicitely,

I think the underlined part is what you missed. Smile | :)

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Rajesh R Subramanian8-Jan-08 0:50

Re: Handling the message by minimizing using "Windows key+D"

8-Jan-08 0:50

Is your application capable of getting into the system tray? Have you completed that part?

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Mohammad Khodaea8-Jan-08 1:27

Mohammad Khodaea

8-Jan-08 1:27

Yes, my application is capable to go to the system tray.

Re: Handling the message by minimizing using "Windows key+D"

toxcct8-Jan-08 1:55

Re: Handling the message by minimizing using "Windows key+D"

8-Jan-08 1:55

is it when you minimize it, or you have to specify it with a button or a menu item like "Go to the Tray Now !" ?

if the later, you have to override the minimize message (WM_MINIMIZE) and make it go to the tray in this event handler...

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Rajesh R Subramanian8-Jan-08 2:00

Re: Handling the message by minimizing using "Windows key+D"

8-Jan-08 2:00

Register a hot key with RegisterHotKey for WinKey+D. See here[^] for an example. In your message handler for the hot key message, put the logic to send your window to the system tray.

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toxcct8-Jan-08 2:05

Re: Handling the message by minimizing using "Windows key+D"

8-Jan-08 2:05

no dude, please ! don't send him in this direction !

he doesn't need at all to know that it's Win+D which made his application minimized to the tray.
What he wants is overriding WM_MINIMIZE to put his apps to the tray.

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Rajesh R Subramanian8-Jan-08 2:14

Re: Handling the message by minimizing using "Windows key+D"

8-Jan-08 2:14

toxcct wrote:
WM_MINIMIZE

Is there a message like that in MFC? Unsure | :~

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toxcct8-Jan-08 2:19

Re: Handling the message by minimizing using "Windows key+D"

8-Jan-08 2:19

my bad, WM_SIZE or WM_ACTIVATE.
You can also get notified of the minimize command before it is carried out using WM_SYSCOMMAND.

also, the IsIconic() function is there to know if an application is minimized...

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Rajesh R Subramanian8-Jan-08 2:35

Re: Handling the message by minimizing using "Windows key+D"

8-Jan-08 2:35

toxcct wrote:
WM_SYSCOMMAND.

Overriding the WM_SYSCOMMAND is the best way if one should execute some code before an app is being minimized. But the WinKey+D combination will not send your application this message!

toxcct wrote:
also, the IsIconic() function is there to know if an application is minimized...

The op has a two-staged problem. At first, he must detect WinKey+D. And then, he must minimize it. I suggested him how to detect WinKey+D. He could add a handler which would be executed while this combination is pressed. Now, the second stage is to put the code within this handler, which sends his app into the system tray. Smile | :)

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toxcct8-Jan-08 3:14

Re: Handling the message by minimizing using "Windows key+D"

8-Jan-08 3:14

Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:
At first, he must detect WinKey+D

i'm absolutely not sure of this.

here is what I'm thinking he has (but as long as he didn't replyed to my question, I can't know for sure).

he implemented a "Go To tray" function in his application. but he certainly throws his Apps to the tray when selecting that action on a Menu or with a button.

but what he wants is sending his apps to the tray whenever the application is minimized.

Win+D is a Windows implementation to show the desktop. it throws a Minimize event to every application in the taskbar.

so the OP doen't have to know that it is a Win+D, but only that the application is told to minimize (then, to the tray)...

get me ?

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David Crow8-Jan-08 3:21

Re: Handling the message by minimizing using "Windows key+D"

8-Jan-08 3:21

toxcct wrote:
so the OP doen't have to know that it is a Win+D, but only that the application is told to minimize (then, to the tray)...

I agree, although it should probably be WM_SIZE/SIZE_MINIMZED that is being looked for instead.

Rajesh R Subramanian8-Jan-08 3:27

Re: Handling the message by minimizing using "Windows key+D"

8-Jan-08 3:27

toxcct wrote:
he implemented a "Go To tray" function in his application. but he certainly throws his Apps to the tray when selecting that action on a Menu or with a button.

Yes. I am telling the op that he has to capture Win+D and execute the same code to send his app to the tray in response. Because his app is currently not reacting to Win+D, which is what his problem is. You may want to override OnSysCommand like this to verify it:

void CDialogDlg::OnSysCommand(UINT nID, LPARAM lParam)
{
	if(nID==SC_MINIMIZE)
		AfxMessageBox(_T("Minimizing!"));
}

Pressing the minimize button will display the message. But if you press Win+D, the control never reaches here, but the app goes minimized.

toxcct wrote:
Win+D is a Windows implementation to show the desktop. it throws a Minimize event to every application in the taskbar.

What exactly do you mean by minimize event? Windows won't throw any such minimize event when Win+D is pressed!

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toxcct8-Jan-08 3:31

Re: Handling the message by minimizing using "Windows key+D"

8-Jan-08 3:31

Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:
But if you press Win+D, the control never reaches here, but the app goes minimized

so what more does he need ?
he puts his "go to tray" code in the minimizing event handler, no matter if it is a Win+D, a Win+M or any other way to minimize an application !

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Rajesh R Subramanian8-Jan-08 3:37

Re: Handling the message by minimizing using "Windows key+D"

8-Jan-08 3:37

OMG, tox you are not getting it. His app is not responding to Win+D (see his original msg), for some reason and that's why I asked him to trap separately and react to it. Smile | :)

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David Crow8-Jan-08 3:19

Re: Handling the message by minimizing using "Windows key+D"

8-Jan-08 3:19

Mohammad Khodaea wrote:
I want to send my dialog box to the system-tray...

Are you referring to the taskbar notification area?

David Crow8-Jan-08 5:23