Title: Displaying Strings In Your System Tray
Question: How Can I Display A String In My System Tray ??
Answer:
Try This, It Will Convert Your String To A DIB, Then This DIB To An Icon, Again Into A Res. File Then Extract The Icon And Display It In The System Tray .
Usage....
StringToIcon('This Is Made By Ruslan K. Abu Zant');
N.B
DO NOT FORGET TO DESTROYOBJECT(HIcon) When You Finish Your Job...
Have Fun
unit MainForm;
interface
uses
Windows, Messages, SysUtils, Classes, Graphics, Controls, Forms, Dialogs,
StdCtrls, ExtCtrls;
type
TForm1 = class(TForm)
Button1: TButton;
Image1: TImage;
Timer1: TTimer;
procedure Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
procedure Timer1Timer(Sender: TObject);
private
function StringToIcon (const st : string) : HIcon;
public
{ Public declarations }
end;
var
Form1: TForm1;
implementation
{$R *.DFM}
type
ICONIMAGE = record
Width, Height, Colors : DWORD; // Width, Height and bpp
lpBits : PChar; // ptr to DIB bits
dwNumBytes : DWORD; // how many bytes?
lpbi : PBitmapInfoHeader; // ptr to header
lpXOR : PChar; // ptr to XOR image bits
lpAND : PChar; // ptr to AND image bits
end;
function CopyColorTable (var lpTarget : BITMAPINFO; const lpSource :
BITMAPINFO) : boolean;
var
dc : HDC;
hPal : HPALETTE;
pe : array [0..255] of PALETTEENTRY;
i : Integer;
begin
result := False;
case (lpTarget.bmiHeader.biBitCount) of
8 :
if lpSource.bmiHeader.biBitCount = 8 then
begin
Move (lpSource.bmiColors, lpTarget.bmiColors, 256 * sizeof
(RGBQUAD));
result := True
end
else
begin
dc := GetDC (0);
if dc 0 then
try
hPal := CreateHalftonePalette (dc);
if hPal 0 then
try
if GetPaletteEntries (hPal, 0, 256, pe) 0 then
begin
for i := 0 to 255 do
begin
lpTarget.bmiColors [i].rgbRed := pe [i].peRed;
lpTarget.bmiColors [i].rgbGreen := pe [i].peGreen;
lpTarget.bmiColors [i].rgbBlue := pe [i].peBlue;
lpTarget.bmiColors [i].rgbReserved := pe [i].peFlags
end;
result := True
end
finally
DeleteObject (hPal)
end
finally
ReleaseDC (0, dc)
end
end;
4 :
if lpSource.bmiHeader.biBitCount = 4 then
begin
Move (lpSource.bmiColors, lpTarget.bmiColors, 16 * sizeof
(RGBQUAD));
result := True
end
else
begin
hPal := GetStockObject (DEFAULT_PALETTE);
if (hPal 0) and (GetPaletteEntries (hPal, 0, 16, pe) 0) then
begin
for i := 0 to 15 do
begin
lpTarget.bmiColors [i].rgbRed := pe [i].peRed;
lpTarget.bmiColors [i].rgbGreen := pe [i].peGreen;
lpTarget.bmiColors [i].rgbBlue := pe [i].peBlue;
lpTarget.bmiColors [i].rgbReserved := pe [i].peFlags
end;
result := True
end
end;
1:
begin
i := 0;
lpTarget.bmiColors[i].rgbRed := 0;
lpTarget.bmiColors[i].rgbGreen := 0;
lpTarget.bmiColors[i].rgbBlue := 0;
lpTarget.bmiColors[i].rgbReserved := 0;
i := 1;
lpTarget.bmiColors[i].rgbRed := 255;
lpTarget.bmiColors[i].rgbGreen := 255;
lpTarget.bmiColors[i].rgbBlue := 255;
lpTarget.bmiColors[i].rgbReserved := 0;
result := True
end;
else
result := True
end
end;
function WidthBytes (bits : DWORD) : DWORD;
begin
result := ((bits + 31) shr 5) shl 2
end;
function BytesPerLine (const bmih : BITMAPINFOHEADER) : DWORD;
begin
result := WidthBytes (bmih.biWidth * bmih.biPlanes * bmih.biBitCount)
end;
function DIBNumColors (const lpbi : BitmapInfoHeader) : word;
var
dwClrUsed : DWORD;
begin
dwClrUsed := lpbi.biClrUsed;
if dwClrUsed 0 then
result := Word (dwClrUsed)
else
case lpbi.biBitCount of
1 : result := 2;
4 : result := 16;
8 : result := 256
else
result := 0
end
end;
function PaletteSize (const lpbi : BitmapInfoHeader) : word;
begin
result := DIBNumColors (lpbi) * sizeof (RGBQUAD)
end;
function FindDIBBits (const lpbi : BitmapInfo) : PChar;
begin
result := @lpbi;
result := result + lpbi.bmiHeader.biSize + PaletteSize (lpbi.bmiHeader)
end;
function ConvertDIBFormat (var lpSrcDIB : BITMAPINFO; nWidth, nHeight, nbpp
: DWORD; bStretch : boolean) :
PBitmapInfo;
var
lpbmi : PBITMAPINFO;
lpSourceBits, lpTargetBits : Pointer;
DC, hSourceDC, hTargetDC : HDC;
hSourceBitmap, hTargetBitmap, hOldTargetBitmap, hOldSourceBitmap :
HBITMAP;
dwSourceBitsSize, dwTargetBitsSize, dwTargetHeaderSize : DWORD;
begin
result := Nil;
// Allocate and fill out a BITMAPINFO struct for the new DIB
// Allow enough room for a 256-entry color table, just in case
dwTargetHeaderSize := sizeof ( BITMAPINFO ) + ( 256 * sizeof( RGBQUAD ) );
GetMem (lpbmi, dwTargetHeaderSize);
try
lpbmi^.bmiHeader.biSize := sizeof (BITMAPINFOHEADER);
lpbmi^.bmiHeader.biWidth := nWidth;
lpbmi^.bmiHeader.biHeight := nHeight;
lpbmi^.bmiHeader.biPlanes := 1;
lpbmi^.bmiHeader.biBitCount := nbpp;
lpbmi^.bmiHeader.biCompression := BI_RGB;
lpbmi^.bmiHeader.biSizeImage := 0;
lpbmi^.bmiHeader.biXPelsPerMeter := 0;
lpbmi^.bmiHeader.biYPelsPerMeter := 0;
lpbmi^.bmiHeader.biClrUsed := 0;
lpbmi^.bmiHeader.biClrImportant := 0; // Fill in the color table
if CopyColorTable (lpbmi^, lpSrcDIB) then
begin
DC := GetDC (0);
hTargetBitmap := CreateDIBSection (DC, lpbmi^, DIB_RGB_COLORS,
lpTargetBits, 0, 0 );
hSourceBitmap := CreateDIBSection (DC, lpSrcDIB, DIB_RGB_COLORS,
lpSourceBits, 0, 0 );
try
if (dc 0) and (hTargetBitmap 0) and (hSourceBitmap 0) then
begin
hSourceDC := CreateCompatibleDC (DC);
hTargetDC := CreateCompatibleDC (DC);
try
if (hSourceDC 0) and (hTargetDC 0) then
begin
// Flip the bits on the source DIBSection to match the source
DIB
dwSourceBitsSize := DWORD (lpSrcDIB.bmiHeader.biHeight) *
BytesPerLine(lpSrcDIB.bmiHeader);
dwTargetBitsSize := DWORD (lpbmi^.bmiHeader.biHeight) *
BytesPerLine(lpbmi^.bmiHeader);
Move (FindDIBBits (lpSrcDIB)^, lpSourceBits^,
dwSourceBitsSize );
// Select DIBSections into DCs
hOldSourceBitmap := SelectObject( hSourceDC, hSourceBitmap );
hOldTargetBitmap := SelectObject( hTargetDC, hTargetBitmap );
try
if (hOldSourceBitmap 0) and (hOldTargetBitmap 0) then
begin
// Set the color tables for the DIBSections
if lpSrcDIB.bmiHeader.biBitCount SetDIBColorTable (hSourceDC, 0, 1 shl
lpSrcDIB.bmiHeader.biBitCount, lpSrcDIB.bmiColors
);
if lpbmi^.bmiHeader.biBitCount SetDIBColorTable (hTargetDC, 0, 1 shl
lpbmi^.bmiHeader.biBitCount, lpbmi^.bmiColors );
// If we are asking for a straight copy, do it
if (lpSrcDIB.bmiHeader.biWidth = lpbmi^.bmiHeader.biWidth)
and (lpSrcDIB.bmiHeader.biHeight =
lpbmi^.bmiHeader.biHeight) then
BitBlt (hTargetDC, 0, 0, lpbmi^.bmiHeader.biWidth,
lpbmi^.bmiHeader.biHeight, hSourceDC, 0,
0, SRCCOPY)
else
if bStretch then
begin
SetStretchBltMode (hTargetDC, COLORONCOLOR);
StretchBlt (hTargetDC, 0, 0, lpbmi^.bmiHeader.biWidth,
lpbmi^.bmiHeader.biHeight,
hSourceDC, 0, 0, lpSrcDIB.bmiHeader.biWidth, lpSrcDIB.bmiHeader.biHeight,
SRCCOPY )
end
else
BitBlt (hTargetDC, 0, 0, lpbmi^.bmiHeader.biWidth,
lpbmi^.bmiHeader.biHeight, hSourceDC,
0, 0, SRCCOPY );
GDIFlush;
GetMem (result, Integer (dwTargetHeaderSize +
dwTargetBitsSize));
Move (lpbmi^, result^, dwTargetHeaderSize);
Move (lpTargetBits^, FindDIBBits (result^)^,
dwTargetBitsSize)
end
finally
if hOldSourceBitmap 0 then SelectObject (hSourceDC,
hOldSourceBitmap);
if hOldTargetBitmap 0 then SelectObject (hTargetDC,
hOldTargetBitmap);
end
end
finally
if hSourceDC 0 then DeleteDC (hSourceDC);
if hTargetDC 0 then DeleteDC (hTargetDC)
end
end;
finally
if hTargetBitmap 0 then DeleteObject (hTargetBitmap);
if hSourceBitmap 0 then DeleteObject (hSourceBitmap);
if dc 0 then ReleaseDC (0, dc)
end
end
finally
FreeMem (lpbmi)
end
end;
function DIBToIconImage (var lpii : ICONIMAGE; var lpDIB : BitmapInfo;
bStretch : boolean) : boolean;
var
lpNewDIB : PBitmapInfo;
begin
result := False;
lpNewDIB := ConvertDIBFormat (lpDIB, lpii.Width, lpii.Height, lpii.Colors,
bStretch );
if Assigned (lpNewDIB) then
try
lpii.dwNumBytes := sizeof (BITMAPINFOHEADER) //
Header
+ PaletteSize (lpNewDIB^.bmiHeader)
// Palette
+ lpii.Height * BytesPerLine (lpNewDIB^.bmiHeader)//
XOR mask
+ lpii.Height * WIDTHBYTES (lpii.Width); // AND
mask
// If there was already an image here, free it
if lpii.lpBits Nil then
FreeMem (lpii.lpBits);
GetMem (lpii.lpBits, lpii.dwNumBytes);
Move (lpNewDib^, lpii.lpBits^, sizeof (BITMAPINFOHEADER) + PaletteSize
(lpNewDIB^.bmiHeader));
// Adjust internal pointers/variables for new image
lpii.lpbi := PBITMAPINFOHEADER (lpii.lpBits);
lpii.lpbi^.biHeight := lpii.lpbi^.biHeight * 2;
lpii.lpXOR := FindDIBBits (PBitmapInfo (lpii.lpbi)^);
Move (FindDIBBits (lpNewDIB^)^, lpii.lpXOR^, lpii.Height * BytesPerLine
(lpNewDIB^.bmiHeader));
lpii.lpAND := lpii.lpXOR + lpii.Height * BytesPerLine
(lpNewDIB^.bmiHeader);
Fillchar (lpii.lpAnd^, lpii.Height * WIDTHBYTES (lpii.Width), $00);
result := True
finally
FreeMem (lpNewDIB)
end
end;
function TForm1.StringToIcon (const st : string) : HIcon;
var
memDC : HDC;
bmp : HBITMAP;
oldObj : HGDIOBJ;
rect : TRect;
size : TSize;
infoHeaderSize : DWORD;
imageSize : DWORD;
infoHeader : PBitmapInfo;
icon : IconImage;
oldFont : HFONT;
begin
result := 0;
memDC := CreateCompatibleDC (0);
if memDC 0 then
try
bmp := CreateCompatibleBitmap (Canvas.Handle, 16, 16);
if bmp 0 then
try
oldObj := SelectObject (memDC, bmp);
if oldObj 0 then
try
rect.Left := 0;
rect.top := 0;
rect.Right := 16;
rect.Bottom := 16;
SetTextColor (memDC, RGB (255, 0, 0));
SetBkColor (memDC, RGB (128, 128, 128));
oldFont := SelectObject (memDC, font.Handle);
GetTextExtentPoint32 (memDC, PChar (st), Length (st), size);
ExtTextOut (memDC, (rect.Right - size.cx) div 2, (rect.Bottom -
size.cy) div 2, ETO_OPAQUE, @rect,
PChar (st), Length (st), Nil);
SelectObject (memDC, oldFont);
GDIFlush;
GetDibSizes (bmp, infoHeaderSize, imageSize);
GetMem (infoHeader, infoHeaderSize + ImageSize);
try
GetDib (bmp, SystemPalette16, infoHeader^, PChar (DWORD
(infoHeader) + infoHeaderSize)^);
icon.Colors := 4;
icon.Width := 32;
icon.Height := 32;
icon.lpBits := Nil;
if DibToIconImage (icon, infoHeader^, True) then
try
result := CreateIconFromResource (PByte (icon.lpBits),
icon.dwNumBytes, True, $00030000);
Finally
FreeMem (icon.lpBits)
end
finally
FreeMem (infoHeader)
end
finally
SelectObject (memDC, oldOBJ)
end
finally
DeleteObject (bmp)
end
finally
DeleteDC (memDC)
end
end;
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
Application.Icon.Handle := StringToIcon ('0');
Timer1.Enabled := True;
Button1.Enabled := False;
end;
procedure TForm1.Timer1Timer(Sender: TObject);
const i : Integer = 0;
begin
Inc (i);
if i = 100 then i := 1;
Application.Icon.Handle := StringToIcon (IntToStr (i));
end;
end.