>how can i make a command button appear just above the systray (beside system clock) like that of yahoo messenger, when you log-in in the messenger, a button (or a label perhaps) will appear telling me the no. of new messages i have. (not the tooltip)
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Download Béla Bodecs' bbSysTray - file #9318. I've tried it and it enables a VFP application to have a tray icon. However, you're on your own from there - I've just tried it, but didn't really do anything with it (the project was abandoned). You'd probably need to know the position of the Windows toolbar; you can't just assume it's docked to the bottom of the screen, even though 99.9% of the people keep it there and never even tried to move it elsewhere. I keep mine docked to the right side of the desktop; I've seen people keeping it to the left, and some keeping it at the top. That's where you'd have to make your little form with the button visible.