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having troubles getting icon to show up in the system tray

OK.. My code here that I derived from another website isnt showing the icon that I chose to use for my system tray. Is there any way that someone could help me out with getting it to show up there?

package main;
 
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
 
public class NewControllerClass {
 
    public NewControllerClass() {
 
        final TrayIcon trayIcon;
        if ( SystemTray.isSupported() ) {
 
            SystemTray tray = SystemTray.getSystemTray();
            Image image = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage("bomb.gif");
            
 
            MouseListener mouseLIstener = new MouseListener() {
 
                public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
                    System.out.println("Tray Icon - Mouse Clicked!");
                }
 
                public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e) {
                    System.out.println("Tray Icon = Mouse Entered!");
                }
 
                public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e) {
                    System.out.println("Tray icon - mouse exited!");
                }
 
                public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
                    System.out.println("Tray icon - mouse pressed");
                }
 
                public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) {
                    System.out.println("Tray icon - mouse released");
                }
 
            };
            ActionListener exitListener = new ActionListener() {
                public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                    System.out.println("Exit.. ");
                    System.exit(0);
                }
            };
 
            PopupMenu popup = new PopupMenu();
            MenuItem defaultItem = new MenuItem("Exit");
            defaultItem.addActionListener(exitListener);
            popup.add(defaultItem);
 
            trayIcon = new TrayIcon(image, "Tray Demo", popup);
            
            ActionListener actionListener = new ActionListener() {
                public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                    trayIcon.displayMessage("action Event",
                        "an action has been performed",
                        TrayIcon.MessageType.INFO);
                }
            };
 
            trayIcon.setImageAutoSize(true);
            trayIcon.addActionListener(actionListener);
            trayIcon.addMouseListener(mouseLIstener);
 
            try {
                tray.add(trayIcon);
            } catch ( AWTException e ) {
                System.err.println("TrayIcon could not be added.");
            }
        } else {
            // do nothing..
        }
    }

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yuzh

Have a look at this doc to see if it can help:
http://blogs.sun.com/CoreJavaTechTips/entry/getting_to_know_system_tray

jvilla1983

ASKER

Yeah.. that didn't help too much. I've looked at many Java Documents on this feature and none have seemed to help.. Here is my code..

/*
 * To change this template, choose Tools | Templates
 * and open the template in the editor.
 */
 
package main;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
 
import javax.swing.*;
 
import display.*;
 
import javax.swing.plaf.metal.*;
 
/**
 *
 * @author jvilla
 */
public class Main {
 
    /**
     * @param args the command line arguments
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // TODO code application logic here
        
            try {
	    // Set cross-platform Java L&F (also called "Metal")
        UIManager.setLookAndFeel("javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel");
    } 
    catch (UnsupportedLookAndFeelException e) {
       // handle exception
    }
    catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
       // handle exception
    }
    catch (InstantiationException e) {
       // handle exception
    }
    catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
       // handle exception
    }
        
    
        if (!SystemTray.isSupported()) {
          System.out.println("SystemTray is not supported");
          return;
        }
 
        SystemTray tray = SystemTray.getSystemTray();
        Toolkit toolkit = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit();
        Image image = toolkit.getImage("bomb.gif");
 
        PopupMenu menu = new PopupMenu();
 
        MenuItem messageItem = new MenuItem("About this program..");
        messageItem.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
          public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
            JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Created by Joseph Villa for USGS");
          }
        });
        menu.add(messageItem);
 
        MenuItem showDisplayProjects = new MenuItem("Display Projects Statistics");
        showDisplayProjects.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                GraphicController g = new GraphicController("IGSBCCCMGS0002.Projects"); 
                
            }
        });
        menu.add(showDisplayProjects);
        
        MenuItem showDisplayUsers = new MenuItem("Display Users Statistics");
        showDisplayProjects.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                GraphicController g = new GraphicController("ISGBCCCMGS0002.Users"); 
            }
        });
        menu.add(showDisplayUsers);
        
        MenuItem SaveStats = new MenuItem("Save Statistics");
        SaveStats.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                
            }
        });
        
        menu.add(SaveStats);
        
        MenuItem closeItem = new MenuItem("Close");
        closeItem.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
          public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
            System.exit(0);
          }
        });
        
        menu.add(closeItem);
        TrayIcon icon = new TrayIcon(image, "SystemTray Demo", menu);
        icon.setImageAutoSize(true);
 
        try {
            tray.add(icon);
        } catch ( AWTException x ) {
            x.printStackTrace();
        }
      }
}

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jvilla1983

ASKER

Forget the first posting of this.. I changed my code around quite a bit since then. ;-)

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yuzh

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jvilla1983

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See, I had used much of the code from the second link that you gave me and it was a no-go. If you notice, my first posting almost mirrors what is being done in the second link.

I'm running the latest version of Java 6 available at Java.sun.com.

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