Stylus tap position

That's the x and y from the click message:
x = LOWORD(lParam);
y = HIWORD(lParam);

It does work.

If you write an application for the system tray, you need Shell_NotifyIcon and you don't convert these coordinates.
CodeProject. Adding Icons to the System Tray
http://www.codeproject.com/kb/shell/systemtray.aspx
CodeProject. FindFirstChangeNotification & Shell_NotifyIcon together... again
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/system/FolderWatch.aspx
CodeProject.Basic use of Shell_NotifyIcon in Win32
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/shell/StealthDialog.aspx?msg=1632884
 

here is my code that i use

the function OnTrayIcon from Message uCallbackMessage from NOTIFYICONDATA

LRESULT OnTrayIcon(UINT /*uMsg*/, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam, BOOL& /*bHandled*/)
      {
            // Is this the ID we want?
            if (wParam != m_nid.uID)
                  return 0;
            T* pT = static_cast<T*>(this);
            // Was the right-button clicked?
            
            if (LOWORD(lParam) == WM_LBUTTONUP)
            {
                  // Load the menu
                  CMenu oMenu;
                  if (!oMenu.LoadMenu(m_nid.uID))
                        return 0;
                  // Get the sub-menu
                  CMenuHandle oPopup(oMenu.GetSubMenu(0));
                  // Prepare
                  pT->PrepareMenu(oPopup);
                  // Get the menu position
                  CPoint pos;
                  DWORD messagepos = ::GetMessagePos(); /*Here is my problem i cant take the stylus tap postition.I have already use LOWORD(lParam) and HIWORD(lParam) */
                 
                  pos.x = GET_X_LPARAM(messagepos);
                  pos.y = GET_Y_LPARAM(messagepos);
               

                  
                  // Make app the foreground
                  SetForegroundWindow(pT->m_hWnd);
                  // Set the default menu item
                  /*if (m_nDefault == 0)
                        oPopup.SetMenuDefaultItem(0, TRUE);
                  else
                        oPopup.SetMenuDefaultItem(m_nDefault);*/
                  // Track
                  oPopup.TrackPopupMenu(TPM_LEFTALIGN, pos.x, pos.y, pT->m_hWnd);
                  // BUGFIX: See "PRB: Menus for Notification Icons Don't Work Correctly"
                  pT->PostMessage(WM_NULL);
                  // Done
                  oMenu.DestroyMenu();
            }

 DWORD messagepos = ::GetMessagePos();
  WORD x = LOWORD(messagepos);
  WORD y = HIWORD(messagepos);

or, maybe:

pos = (CPoint(GetMessagePos()));

Use a trace/log utility to check the coordinates. They are correct and the problem can be somewhere in the menu. Check something simple like that:
::TrackPopupMenu(hMenu, 0, pos.x, pos.y, 0, hWnd, NULL);
::PostMessage(hWnd, WM_NULL, 0, 0);


Let's say that the problem is really in the coordinates. But this popup menu should jump in a more or less predefined position. At least for a test, use coordinates valid for your screen. If you will see the menu, so the reason was the coordinates as you suspected.

Hi

there is a great article at CodeProject about Notification Icons http://www.codeproject.com/KB/shell/StealthDialog.aspx 

Why do you need the tapped position, it is always within the Icon size. This notification icon is almost only 26x26 pixels. I dont see a need to track the clicked position for within the icon.

regards

Josef

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