[news.eclipse.platform.swt] Re: How to make SWT application appear in ta

["Steve Northover" <steve_northover@xxxxxxxxxx>]

The problem is that the shell in the first example is a dialog shell (a
shell whose parent is another shell).  Dialog shells don't appear in the
task list.

"Daya Sharma" <daya.sharma@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ct3b2h$77c$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi Steve
>
> My main class extends org.eclipse.jface.window.ApplicationWindow which
> accepts a shell parameter in its constructor and doesn't give me much
> control in terms of taskbar. Here is the code snippet...
>
> public class BaseJFace extends ApplicationWindow {
>
>     public static void main(String[] args) {
>         final Display display = Display.getDefault();
>         shell = new Shell(display);
>         // I can add the TrayItem code here....
>         BaseJFace baseJFace = new BaseJFace(shell);
>         baseJFace.setBlockOnOpen(true);
>         baseJFace.open();
>         display.dispose();
>     }
>
>     public BaseJFace(Shell shell) {
>         super(shell);
>     }
>
> .
> .
> .
> }
>
> However if I do something like this
>
> Display display = new Display();
>
> Image large = new Image(display, 32, 32);
>
> gc = new GC(large);
> gc.setBackground(display.getSystemColor(SWT.COLOR_RED));
> gc.fillArc(0, 0, 32, 32, 45, 270);
> gc.dispose();
>
>
> Shell shell = new Shell(display);
> shell.setText("Large icons");
> shell.setImages(new Image[] {large});
>
>
> shell.open();
> while (!shell.isDisposed()) {
> if (!display.readAndDispatch())
> display.sleep();
> }
>
> I can see the shell in taskbar, the key difference here is shell.open().
>
> So my understanding is that the ApplicationWindow creates a new instance
> of shell somewhere and since the parent shell was never opened, it doesn't
> show up in the taskbar.
>
> Lemme know yor thoughts...
>
> -daya
>
>
> Steve Northover wrote:
>
> > Don't use the system tray.  Do you have a small stand alone snippet that
> > shows the problem?
>
> > "Day" <daya.sharma@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:csrrdp$3uj$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Hi All
> >>
> >> I have developed a SWT application. When I run it I donot see it in the
> >> Windows Task Bar, the only way I can see the application is using
ALT-TAB
> >> keys or if code specifically for a system tray item.
> >>
> >>         final Tray tray = Display.getDefault().getSystemTray();
> >>         trayItem = new TrayItem(tray, SWT.Show);
> >>
> >>
> >> But using system tray item as the primary indicator for a running
> >> application is just not feasible.
> >>
> >> Can anyone please help me?
> >>
> >> thanks
> >>
> >> -daya
> >>
> >>
>
>