Csharp/C Sharp/GUI Windows Form/Tray Icon

Creating a system tray icon for your application

<source lang="csharp"> using System; using System.Drawing; using System.Collections; using System.ruponentModel; using System.Windows.Forms; using System.Data;

 public class Form1 : System.Windows.Forms.Form
 {
  private System.Windows.Forms.NotifyIcon notifyIcon1;
  private System.Windows.Forms.ContextMenu contextMenu1;
  private System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem menuItem1;
  private System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem menuItem2;
  private System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem menuItem3;
  public Form1() {
    InitializeComponent();
  }
  private void InitializeComponent()
  {
    this.notifyIcon1 = new NotifyIcon(new System.ruponentModel.Container());
    this.contextMenu1 = new System.Windows.Forms.ContextMenu();
    this.menuItem1 = new System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem();
    this.menuItem2 = new System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem();
    this.menuItem3 = new System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem();
    this.SuspendLayout();
    // This line associates the context menu with the icon
    this.notifyIcon1.ContextMenu = this.contextMenu1;
    this.notifyIcon1.Icon = new System.Drawing.Icon("icon1.ico");
    this.notifyIcon1.Text = "Tray Icon";
    this.notifyIcon1.Visible = true;
    this.contextMenu1.MenuItems.AddRange(new
        System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem[] {
            this.menuItem1,
            this.menuItem2,
            this.menuItem3});
    this.menuItem1.Index = 0;
    this.menuItem1.Text = "Exit";
    this.menuItem1.Click += new
         System.EventHandler(this.menuItem1_Click);
    this.menuItem2.Index = 1;
    this.menuItem2.Text = "Hide";
    this.menuItem2.Click += new
         System.EventHandler(this.menuItem2_Click);
    this.menuItem3.Index = 2;
    this.menuItem3.Text = "Show";
    this.menuItem3.Click += new
         System.EventHandler(this.menuItem3_Click);
    this.AutoScaleBaseSize = new System.Drawing.Size(5, 13);
    this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(504, 365);
    this.Name = "Form1";
    this.Text = "Form1";
    this.ResumeLayout(false);
  }
  static void Main()
  {
    Application.Run(new Form1());
  }
  private void menuItem1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
  {
    Close();
  }
  private void menuItem2_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
  {
    this.Visible = false;
  }
  private void menuItem3_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
  {
    this.Visible = true;
  }
 }
          
      </source>