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animated icon in system tray #119533 07/05/05 02:08 AM
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 6 I ijk OP Nutrimatic drinks dispenser
OP ijk Nutrimatic drinks dispenser I Joined: May 2005 Posts: 6	i made a new icon for the system tray, and it works except the flashing part.... what exactly do i have to do to make that part of it work?

Re: animated icon in system tray #119534 07/05/05 10:48 AM
Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 59 L LittleJohn Babel fish
LittleJohn Babel fish L Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 59	To get mine to work I didn't do anything fancy just did the below. mIRC Options Display Tray changed the ICON path and palced checks in apropriate boxes Place icon in tray when minimized and anamate icon when there is activity. Hope this helps. Mine works and thats all I did.

Re: animated icon in system tray #119535 07/05/05 02:03 PM
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 6 I ijk OP Nutrimatic drinks dispenser
OP ijk Nutrimatic drinks dispenser I Joined: May 2005 Posts: 6	well, was that a default ico? i have made a custom icon for my irc client. im sure there is more to it then just pointing to a icon file that is just that.

Re: animated icon in system tray #119536 07/05/05 11:57 PM
Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 59 L LittleJohn Babel fish
LittleJohn Babel fish L Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 59	Nope its a custom Icon

Re: animated icon in system tray #119537 08/05/05 03:36 AM
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 4 K Kanjizai Self-satisified door
Kanjizai Self-satisified door K Joined: May 2005 Posts: 4	I think what he is getting at and I have wondered myself is, does mirc animate the icon by manipulating it or does the icon have some info inside the .ico file that tells mirc to use animated images. I could be wrong about what ijk meant, but at least I might get an answer for my own curiosity ·Kanj¹za¹·

Re: animated icon in system tray #119538 08/05/05 11:56 PM
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 6 I ijk OP Nutrimatic drinks dispenser
OP ijk Nutrimatic drinks dispenser I Joined: May 2005 Posts: 6	thats exactly what i mean. i have used several programs to look at icons inside the exe and the ico file in the original mirc.exe and i see none that look like the animated one (green r lights up i beleive) i have set the new client for animated on activity, but nothing happens, so my guess there is some kind of hidden icon somewhere, i unno :-/

Re: animated icon in system tray #119539 09/05/05 12:09 AM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 4,230 D DaveC Hoopy frood
DaveC Hoopy frood D Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 4,230	It might just be color cycling, like the windows splash screen (at least the 98 one) That was just a bitmap with a cycle colors flag set. Maybe icons have the same thing? (i dont know)

Re: animated icon in system tray #119540 09/05/05 07:51 AM
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 193 Brax Vogon poet
Brax Vogon poet Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 193	it's bitmap... Bitmap 30 : 2057 how to replace... dont have no idea either.... echo -a $signature

Re: animated icon in system tray #119541 09/05/05 08:08 PM
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 6 I ijk OP Nutrimatic drinks dispenser
OP ijk Nutrimatic drinks dispenser I Joined: May 2005 Posts: 6	interesting, now if only i could find out how to do such a thing? anybody?

Re: animated icon in system tray #119542 09/05/05 08:16 PM
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 8,330 MA, USA Riamus2 Hoopy frood
Riamus2 Hoopy frood Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 8,330 MA, USA	You could try programs like Jasc Paint Shop Pro (ones that have gif animation creating modules). Should work for ICO files, I would imaging... though, I've never bothered with making an animated ICO. Invision Support #Invision on irc.irchighway.net

Re: animated icon in system tray #119543 18/05/05 01:22 AM
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 193 Brax Vogon poet
Brax Vogon poet Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 193	Just looked this thread again and started to think again.... One way would be if you play with $appstate and /tray -i iconfile So it could be something like this maybe.... Code: ON :TEXT::#: { if ($appstate == tray) { tray -i trayico_chantext.ico } } on :TEXT::?: { if ($appstate == tray) { tray -i2 trayicons.ico } } on 1:DISCONNECT: { if ($appstate == tray) { tray -i5 trayicons.dll } } and so on... If you are bored enough you could make a LONG script and use custom tray icon for every single event... echo -a $signature

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