Can Java do this?

Re: Can Java do this?

Gram wrote:
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> Hello,
>
> I am relatively new to Java, and was wondering if Java is capable of
> having programmes which can sit in the taskbar in Windows, Such as MSN
> Messenger, or Norton AntiVirus, which only pop up on certain occurances?
>
> Is Java able to do this, Can anyone point me in the right direction?
>
> Thanks in advacne for any help
>
> Gram.[/color]

Since Java is cross platform, OS specific functions, like the Windows
taskbar, are often not supported directly. I do remember finding a class
somewhere that supported this. It might have been on jars.com or it might
have been when I did a google search (something like +java +windows
+"system tray"). I'm sorry, but I don't remember exactly where I found it,
but this should give you a starting place to look.

Hal

Re: Can Java do this?

Hal Vaughan wrote:[color=blue]
> Gram wrote:
>
>[color=green]
>>Hello,
>>
>>I am relatively new to Java, and was wondering if Java is capable of
>>having programmes which can sit in the taskbar in Windows, Such as MSN
>>Messenger, or Norton AntiVirus, which only pop up on certain occurances?
>>
>>Is Java able to do this, Can anyone point me in the right direction?
>>
>>Thanks in advacne for any help
>>
>>Gram.[/color]
>
>
> Since Java is cross platform, OS specific functions, like the Windows
> taskbar, are often not supported directly. I do remember finding a class
> somewhere that supported this. It might have been on jars.com or it might
> have been when I did a google search (something like +java +windows
> +"system tray"). I'm sorry, but I don't remember exactly where I found it,
> but this should give you a starting place to look.
>
> Hal[/color]
In the MS evil version of Java this was easy, but pure java no - you can
easily do a JNI thing and then steal some C++ code. Check out the
various COM<-->Java bridge products such as JIntegra