Is there any way I can get the index of a system tray icon that I've
created? My application creates more than one icon which must be next
to each other and in the correct order. As my application will
generally be loaded up at Window's startup - sometimes I get other
icons appearing inbetween my app's icons. Also with WindowsXP, it
seems to create the icons from right to left, not from left to right
like Win2k does. Being able to query for an icon index would be ideal.

Thanks for any help,
- Dan

"Dan" <dracan2@googlemail.com> wrote in message
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I'm not sure - but no.

[snip]
Shell_NotifyIcon() (please excuse if i remember the api name incorectly)
takes a struct as parameter. In that struct you can define the version of
the taskbar, to ensure its behavior is the same an older version.

You can probably use FindWindow() and simular to locate the tray and your
icon and obtain the index that way.

e.g. FindWindow("Shell_TrayWnd", 0);

//eric

Dan wrote:
Yes you can.

Try this link: http://www.codeproject.com/tools/ShellTrayInfo.asp

Bear in mind, that if the end user is using a different desktop shell
other than Explorer, this will not work.

Eric Jensen wrote:
That parameter you mention is for defining the behaviour of the icon
itself and not the tray. It seems that XP & 2000, although they receive
the icons in the same order, they draw the tray opposite to each other.
Not much you can do about that.