TrayIcon for Windows Services

[sharab rao]

Hi,

I Created Windows service in java,
Actually my application wants to work like a service, i.e., Start automatically when windows start, work behind.. hidden.
So i created windows services, it is working what i expected.
Now, I have to show some icon of my application when that service is started.
How I get at least that icon on systemtray indicating service is running.

Thanks,
Ram

[Peter Johnson]

It's amazing the stuff you can find using Google: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/misc/systemtray.html

[sharab rao]

Thanks Peter,

I have created that System trayicon notification.
Now my concern is, It is not working as expected.
Whenever I start services(Through service wizard of windows) a trayicon should populate at Systemtray.

[Martin Vashko]

That's not really easy. A process running as a service cannot have an icon in the tray. You need to create a GUI application which will be run "normally" (eg. from a startup menu); this application would check whether your service is running and indicate it in the user interface in any way it likes (including an icon in the system tray). However, if the user uses eg. Task Manager or similar tool to forcibly close your GUI application, or if the application crashes, the service's state won't be accurately represented in the tray after that.

How to create this GUI application is the subject of your other question, of course.

[sharab rao]

Martin Vajsar wrote:That's not really easy. A process running as a service cannot have an icon in the tray. You need to create a GUI application which will be run "normally" (eg. from a startup menu); this application would check whether your service is running and indicate it in the user interface in any way it likes (including an icon in the system tray). However, if the user uses eg. Task Manager or similar tool to forcibly close your GUI application, or if the application crashes, the service's state won't be accurately represented in the tray after that.

How to create this GUI application is the subject of your other question, of course.

Thanks Martin