>>Running an application in the System tray is a Win32 API function. And
>>seeing as CircleMUD
>>is a console app, and isn't using the Win32 API, it is fairly
impossible...
>Actually it's very very easy! Now their reasly isn't anything to be worried
>about on the console thing because nothing really is ever printed to the
>console. Second it's a matter of changing /subsystem:console to
>/subsystem:windows (If you are using the project method to compile,like the
>windows msvc++) Then basically change the main functions name, make a
>winmain
>function, and call the main function with the arguments. Then you would put
>in the code for the Systray.
>Basically if I were to do I would be using bits of code from things like
the
>Systray stuff I can get from the source of sambar server and the winmain
>things was done in a patch on the ftp site.Other than that it should be
fine
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Where is this patch you are referring to, what is the patch for, and if
possible provide the URL.
Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am working on a Win32 & Mac
version of Circle with Full GUI.
BYoung
>>unless you
>>reprogram the entire source. I don't really think it's worth it. But then,
>>if you use the
>>Win API (or MFC, or any windows programming source) you can have pretty
>>dialog boxes>etc. etc.>
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