NotifyWPF

--------- CHG Lot of plumbing, some fixes CHG Work on sample project. CHG Popups and ContextMenu now store coordinates - otherwise delayed opending may happen elsewhere. git-svn-id: https://svn.evolvesoftware.ch/repos/evolve.net/WPF/NotifyIcon@55 9f600761-6f11-4665-b6dc-0185e9171623
2026-01-22 17:29:12 -05:00 · 2009-03-31 22:20:07 +00:00
parent 229042b075
commit 354ba1ca43
26 changed files with 1379 additions and 308 deletions
--- a/Project/App.xaml
+++ b/Project/App.xaml
@@ -4,5 +4,11 @@
    StartupUri="Window1.xaml">
    <Application.Resources>
         
+    	<ResourceDictionary>
+    		<ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
+    			<ResourceDictionary Source="TaskbarIconResources.xaml"/>
+    		</ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
+    	</ResourceDictionary>
+         
    </Application.Resources>
 </Application>
--- a/Project/Commands/HideMainWindowCommand.cs
+++ b/Project/Commands/HideMainWindowCommand.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Windows;
+using System.Windows.Input;
+
+namespace Sample_Project.Commands
+{
+  /// <summary>
+  /// Hides the main window.
+  /// </summary>
+  public class HideMainWindowCommand : ICommand
+  {
+    public event EventHandler CanExecuteChanged;
+
+    public void Execute(object parameter)
+    {
+      Application.Current.MainWindow.Hide();
+      TaskbarIconCommands.RefreshCommands();
+    }
+
+
+    public bool CanExecute(object parameter)
+    {
+      return Application.Current.MainWindow.IsVisible;
+    }
+
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Raises the <see cref="CanExecuteChanged"/> event.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal void RaiseCanExcecuteChanged()
+    {
+      if (CanExecuteChanged != null) CanExecuteChanged(this, EventArgs.Empty);
+    }
+
+  }
+}
--- a/Project/Commands/ShowMainWindowCommand.cs
+++ b/Project/Commands/ShowMainWindowCommand.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Windows;
+using System.Windows.Input;
+
+namespace Sample_Project.Commands
+{
+  /// <summary>
+  /// Shows the main window.
+  /// </summary>
+  public class ShowMainWindowCommand : ICommand
+  {
+    public event EventHandler CanExecuteChanged;
+
+    public void Execute(object parameter)
+    {
+      Application.Current.MainWindow.Show();
+      TaskbarIconCommands.RefreshCommands();
+    }
+
+
+    public bool CanExecute(object parameter)
+    {
+      return Application.Current.MainWindow.IsVisible == false;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Raises the <see cref="CanExecuteChanged"/> event.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal void RaiseCanExcecuteChanged()
+    {
+      if (CanExecuteChanged != null) CanExecuteChanged(this, EventArgs.Empty);
+    }
+
+  }
+}
--- a/Project/Commands/TaskbarIconCommands.cs
+++ b/Project/Commands/TaskbarIconCommands.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Windows.Input;
+
+namespace Sample_Project.Commands
+{
+  public static class TaskbarIconCommands
+  {
+    public static HideMainWindowCommand HideMain { get; set; }
+    public static ShowMainWindowCommand ShowMain { get; set; }
+
+
+    static TaskbarIconCommands()
+    {
+      HideMain = new HideMainWindowCommand();
+      ShowMain  =new ShowMainWindowCommand();
+    }
+
+    public static void RefreshCommands()
+    {
+      HideMain.RaiseCanExcecuteChanged();
+      ShowMain.RaiseCanExcecuteChanged();
+    }
+  }
+}
--- a/Project/FancyPopup.xaml
+++ b/Project/FancyPopup.xaml
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+<UserControl
+  x:Class="Sample_Project.FancyPopup"
+  xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
+  xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
+  Height="215"
+  Width="300" x:Name="me">
+  <Grid>
+    <Border
+      HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
+      VerticalAlignment="Stretch"
+      Width="Auto"
+      Height="Auto"
+      Margin="5,5,5,5"
+      CornerRadius="10,10,10,10">
+      <Border.Effect>
+        <DropShadowEffect
+          Color="#FF474747" />
+      </Border.Effect>
+      <Border.Background>
+        <LinearGradientBrush
+          EndPoint="0.5,1"
+          StartPoint="0.5,0">
+          <GradientStop
+            Color="#FF58C2FF"
+            Offset="0" />
+          <GradientStop
+            Color="#FFFFFFFF"
+            Offset="1" />
+        </LinearGradientBrush>
+      </Border.Background>
+    </Border>
+    <Image
+      HorizontalAlignment="Left"
+      Margin="19,10,0,0"
+      VerticalAlignment="Top"
+      Width="72"
+      Height="72"
+      Source="Images\preferences.png"
+      Stretch="Fill" />
+    <TextBlock
+      Margin="107,10,20,0"
+      TextWrapping="Wrap"
+      Height="32"
+      VerticalAlignment="Top"
+      FontSize="16"
+      FontWeight="Bold"
+      Foreground="#FF575757"><Run
+        Text="This is a fancy Popup..."
+        Language="de-ch" /></TextBlock>
+    <Button
+      Click="OnButtonClick"
+      HorizontalAlignment="Right"
+      VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
+      Width="89"
+      Height="29"
+      Content="Click me"
+      Margin="0,0,20,20"
+      BorderBrush="#FFFFFFFF">
+      <Button.Background>
+        <LinearGradientBrush
+          EndPoint="0,1"
+          StartPoint="0,0">
+          <GradientStop
+            Color="#FFFFFFFF"
+            Offset="1" />
+          <GradientStop
+            Color="#FFFFD197"
+            Offset="0.459" />
+          <GradientStop
+            Color="#FFFFDBAD"
+            Offset="0" />
+          <GradientStop
+            Color="#FFF18E23"
+            Offset="0.508" />
+          <GradientStop
+            Color="#FFF9D4AC"
+            Offset="0.954" />
+        </LinearGradientBrush>
+      </Button.Background>
+    </Button>
+    <TextBlock
+      Margin="19,92,10,49"
+      TextWrapping="Wrap"><Run
+        Text="Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Morbi sed sem. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Nulla dui nisi, venenatis" /><Run
+        Text="."
+        Language="de-ch" /></TextBlock>
+    <TextBlock Margin="0,52,20,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Height="30" TextWrapping="Wrap" FontWeight="Bold" FontSize="14" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Foreground="#FF575757"><Run Text="Clicks: " Language="de-ch"/><InlineUIContainer>
+    		<TextBlock Width="Auto" Height="Auto" Text="{Binding Path=ClickCount, ElementName=me, Mode=Default}" TextWrapping="Wrap"/>
+    	</InlineUIContainer></TextBlock>
+
+  </Grid>
+</UserControl>
--- a/Project/FancyPopup.xaml.cs
+++ b/Project/FancyPopup.xaml.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+using System.Windows;
+using System.Windows.Controls;
+
+namespace Sample_Project
+{
+  /// <summary>
+  /// Interaction logic for FancyPopup.xaml
+  /// </summary>
+  public partial class FancyPopup : UserControl
+  {
+    #region ClickCount dependency property
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The number of clicks on the popup button.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static readonly DependencyProperty ClickCountProperty =
+        DependencyProperty.Register("ClickCount",
+                                    typeof (int),
+                                    typeof (FancyPopup),
+                                    new FrameworkPropertyMetadata(0));
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// A property wrapper for the <see cref="ClickCountProperty"/>
+    /// dependency property:<br/>
+    /// The number of clicks on the popup button.
+    /// </summary>
+    public int ClickCount
+    {
+      get { return (int) GetValue(ClickCountProperty); }
+      set { SetValue(ClickCountProperty, value); }
+    }
+
+    #endregion
+
+    public FancyPopup()
+    {
+      InitializeComponent();
+    }
+
+    private void OnButtonClick(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
+    {
+      //just increment a counter - will be displayed on screen
+      ClickCount++;
+    }
+  }
+}
--- a/Project/FancyToolTip.xaml
+++ b/Project/FancyToolTip.xaml
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+<UserControl
+  xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
+  xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
+  xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
+  xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
+  xmlns:tb="clr-namespace:Hardcodet.Wpf.TaskbarNotification;assembly=Hardcodet.Wpf.TaskbarNotification"
+  mc:Ignorable="d"
+  x:Class="Sample_Project.FancyToolTip"
+  x:Name="me"
+  Width="285"
+  Height="108">
+
+  <Grid
+    x:Name="LayoutRoot">
+    <Border
+      HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
+      VerticalAlignment="Stretch"
+      Width="Auto"
+      Height="Auto"
+      CornerRadius="6,6,6,6"
+      BorderThickness="3,3,3,3"
+      Margin="0,0,5,5">
+      <Border.Effect>
+        <DropShadowEffect
+          Color="#FF7A7A7A" />
+      </Border.Effect>
+      <Border.Background>
+        <LinearGradientBrush
+          EndPoint="0.5,1"
+          StartPoint="0.5,0">
+          <GradientStop
+            Color="#FFFFD283"
+            Offset="0" />
+          <GradientStop
+            Color="#FFFFFFFF"
+            Offset="1" />
+        </LinearGradientBrush>
+      </Border.Background>
+    </Border>
+    <Image
+      HorizontalAlignment="Left"
+      Margin="10,10,0,26"
+      Width="72"
+      Source="Images\Info.png"
+      Stretch="Fill"
+      VerticalAlignment="Top"
+      RenderTransformOrigin="0.792,0.486" />
+    <TextBlock
+      Margin="82,10,20,0"
+      TextWrapping="Wrap"
+      Height="32"
+      VerticalAlignment="Top"
+      FontSize="16"
+      FontWeight="Bold"
+      Foreground="#FF575757"><Run
+        Text="This is a fancy ToolTip..."
+        Language="de-ch" /></TextBlock>
+    <TextBlock
+      FontSize="12"
+      FontWeight="Normal"
+      Foreground="#FF141414"
+      TextWrapping="Wrap"
+      Margin="82,52,20,0"
+      VerticalAlignment="Top"
+      Text="{Binding ElementName=me, Path=InfoText}"
+      x:Name="txtToolTipDetail" />
+  </Grid>
+</UserControl>
--- a/Project/FancyToolTip.xaml.cs
+++ b/Project/FancyToolTip.xaml.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Windows;
+using System.Windows.Controls;
+using System.Windows.Data;
+using System.Windows.Documents;
+using System.Windows.Input;
+using System.Windows.Media;
+using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
+using System.Windows.Navigation;
+using System.Windows.Shapes;
+
+namespace Sample_Project
+{
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Interaction logic for FancyToolTip.xaml
+	/// </summary>
+	public partial class FancyToolTip
+	{
+	  #region InfoText dependency property
+
+	  /// <summary>
+	  /// The tooltip details.
+	  /// </summary>
+	  public static readonly DependencyProperty InfoTextProperty =
+	      DependencyProperty.Register("InfoText",
+	                                  typeof (string),
+	                                  typeof (FancyToolTip),
+	                                  new FrameworkPropertyMetadata("", InfoTextPropertyChanged));
+
+	  /// <summary>
+	  /// A property wrapper for the <see cref="InfoTextProperty"/>
+	  /// dependency property:<br/>
+	  /// The tooltip details.
+	  /// </summary>
+	  public string InfoText
+	  {
+	    get { return (string) GetValue(InfoTextProperty); }
+	    set { SetValue(InfoTextProperty, value); }
+	  }
+
+
+	  /// <summary>
+	  /// A static callback listener which is being invoked if the
+	  /// <see cref="InfoTextProperty"/> dependency property has
+	  /// been changed. Invokes the <see cref="OnInfoTextPropertyChanged"/>
+	  /// instance method of the changed instance.
+	  /// </summary>
+	  /// <param name="d">The currently processed owner of the property.</param>
+	  /// <param name="e">Provides information about the updated property.</param>
+	  private static void InfoTextPropertyChanged(DependencyObject d, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
+	  {
+	    FancyToolTip owner = (FancyToolTip) d;
+	    owner.OnInfoTextPropertyChanged(e);
+	  }
+
+
+	  /// <summary>
+	  /// Handles changes of the <see cref="InfoTextProperty"/> dependency property. As
+	  /// WPF internally uses the dependency property system and bypasses the
+	  /// <see cref="InfoText"/> property wrapper, updates of the property's value
+	  /// should be handled here.
+	  /// </summary
+	  /// <param name="e">Provides information about the updated property.</param>
+	  private void OnInfoTextPropertyChanged(DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
+	  {
+//	    string newValue = (string) e.NewValue;
+	  }
+
+	  #endregion
+
+
+
+		public FancyToolTip()
+		{
+			this.InitializeComponent();
+		}
+	}
+}
--- a/Project/Icons/Error.ico
+++ b/Project/Icons/Error.ico
--- a/Project/Icons/Inactive.ico
+++ b/Project/Icons/Inactive.ico
--- a/Project/Images/Add.png
+++ b/Project/Images/Add.png
--- a/Project/Images/Info.png
+++ b/Project/Images/Info.png
--- a/Project/Images/Remove.png
+++ b/Project/Images/Remove.png
--- a/Project/Images/preferences.png
+++ b/Project/Images/preferences.png
--- a/Project.csproj
+++ b/Project.csproj
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
+    <Reference Include="PresentationFramework.Aero" />
    <Reference Include="System" />
    <Reference Include="System.Core">
      <RequiredTargetFramework>3.5</RequiredTargetFramework>
@@ -46,29 +47,63 @@
    </Reference>
    <Reference Include="System.Data" />
    <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
-    <Reference Include="WindowsBase" />
-    <Reference Include="PresentationCore" />
-    <Reference Include="PresentationFramework" />
+    <Reference Include="UIAutomationProvider">
+      <RequiredTargetFramework>3.0</RequiredTargetFramework>
+    </Reference>
+    <Reference Include="WindowsBase">
+      <RequiredTargetFramework>3.0</RequiredTargetFramework>
+    </Reference>
+    <Reference Include="PresentationCore">
+      <RequiredTargetFramework>3.0</RequiredTargetFramework>
+    </Reference>
+    <Reference Include="PresentationFramework">
+      <RequiredTargetFramework>3.0</RequiredTargetFramework>
+    </Reference>
+    <Resource Include="Icons\Inactive.ico" />
+    <Resource Include="Icons\Error.ico" />
+    <Resource Include="Images\Info.png" />
+    <Resource Include="Images\preferences.png" />
+    <Page Include="FancyToolTip.xaml">
+      <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
+      <SubType>Designer</SubType>
+    </Page>
+    <Page Include="TaskbarIconResources.xaml">
+      <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
+      <SubType>Designer</SubType>
+    </Page>
+    <Compile Include="FancyToolTip.xaml.cs">
+      <DependentUpon>FancyToolTip.xaml</DependentUpon>
+    </Compile>
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <ApplicationDefinition Include="App.xaml">
      <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
      <SubType>Designer</SubType>
    </ApplicationDefinition>
+    <Page Include="FancyPopup.xaml">
+      <SubType>Designer</SubType>
+      <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
+    </Page>
    <Page Include="Window1.xaml">
      <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
      <SubType>Designer</SubType>
    </Page>
    <Compile Include="App.xaml.cs">
-      <DependentUpon>App.xaml</DependentUpon>
      <SubType>Code</SubType>
+      <DependentUpon>App.xaml</DependentUpon>
    </Compile>
    <Compile Include="Window1.xaml.cs">
-      <DependentUpon>Window1.xaml</DependentUpon>
      <SubType>Code</SubType>
+      <DependentUpon>Window1.xaml</DependentUpon>
    </Compile>
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="Commands\TaskbarIconCommands.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Commands\HideMainWindowCommand.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Commands\ShowMainWindowCommand.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="FancyPopup.xaml.cs">
+      <DependentUpon>FancyPopup.xaml</DependentUpon>
+    </Compile>
    <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs">
      <SubType>Code</SubType>
    </Compile>
@@ -79,8 +114,8 @@
    </Compile>
    <Compile Include="Properties\Settings.Designer.cs">
      <AutoGen>True</AutoGen>
-      <DependentUpon>Settings.settings</DependentUpon>
      <DesignTimeSharedInput>True</DesignTimeSharedInput>
+      <DependentUpon>Settings.settings</DependentUpon>
    </Compile>
    <EmbeddedResource Include="Properties\Resources.resx">
      <Generator>ResXFileCodeGenerator</Generator>
@@ -107,6 +142,10 @@
  <ItemGroup>
    <Resource Include="Icons\Computers.ico" />
  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Resource Include="Images\Add.png" />
+    <Resource Include="Images\Remove.png" />
+  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <Folder Include="Samples\" />
  </ItemGroup>
--- a/Project/TaskbarIconResources.xaml
+++ b/Project/TaskbarIconResources.xaml
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+<ResourceDictionary
+	xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" 
+	xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" 
+	xmlns:Commands="clr-namespace:Sample_Project.Commands"
+  xmlns:tb="clr-namespace:Hardcodet.Wpf.TaskbarNotification;assembly=Hardcodet.Wpf.TaskbarNotification"
+  >
+	<LinearGradientBrush x:Key="MenuBackground" EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0">
+		<GradientStop Color="#FFFFD892" Offset="1"/>
+		<GradientStop Color="#FFFFF3DD" Offset="0.259"/>
+	</LinearGradientBrush>
+  
+  
+	<Style TargetType="{x:Type ContextMenu}">
+		<Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="1,1,1,1"/>
+		<Setter Property="Template">
+			<Setter.Value>
+				<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type ContextMenu}">
+					<Border Background="{DynamicResource MenuBackground}"  BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}">
+						<ScrollViewer Style="{DynamicResource {ComponentResourceKey ResourceId=MenuScrollViewer, TypeInTargetAssembly={x:Type FrameworkElement}}}" Uid="ScrollViewer_9" CanContentScroll="True">
+							<ItemsPresenter Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}" SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}" KeyboardNavigation.DirectionalNavigation="Cycle"/>
+						</ScrollViewer>
+					</Border>
+				</ControlTemplate>
+			</Setter.Value>
+		</Setter>
+	</Style>
+
+ 
+  <!-- The taskbar context menu -->
+  <ContextMenu
+    x:Key="tbMenu">
+    <MenuItem
+      Header="Show Main Window"
+      Command="{Binding Source={x:Static Commands:TaskbarIconCommands.ShowMain}}">
+      <MenuItem.Icon>
+        <Image
+          Width="16"
+          Height="16"
+          Source="/Images/Add.png" />
+      </MenuItem.Icon>
+    </MenuItem>
+    
+    <Separator />
+
+    <MenuItem
+      Header="Hide Main Window"
+      Command="{Binding Source={x:Static Commands:TaskbarIconCommands.HideMain}}">
+      <MenuItem.Icon>
+        <Image
+          Width="16"
+          Height="16"
+          Source="/Images/Remove.png" />
+      </MenuItem.Icon>
+    </MenuItem>
+  </ContextMenu>
+
+
+  <ToolTip
+    x:Key="tbToolTip"
+    Background="Transparent"
+    BorderThickness="0"
+    HasDropShadow="False"
+    VerticalOffset="-10"
+    >
+    <Grid
+    >
+    <Border
+      HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
+      VerticalAlignment="Stretch"
+      Width="Auto"
+      Height="Auto"
+      CornerRadius="6,6,6,6"
+      BorderThickness="3,3,3,3"
+      Margin="0,0,5,5">
+      <Border.Effect>
+        <DropShadowEffect
+          Color="#FF7A7A7A" />
+      </Border.Effect>
+      <Border.Background>
+        <LinearGradientBrush
+          EndPoint="0.5,1"
+          StartPoint="0.5,0">
+          <GradientStop
+            Color="#FFFFD283"
+            Offset="0" />
+          <GradientStop
+            Color="#FFFFFFFF"
+            Offset="1" />
+        </LinearGradientBrush>
+      </Border.Background>
+    </Border>
+    <Image
+      HorizontalAlignment="Left"
+      Margin="10,10,0,26"
+      Width="72"
+      Source="Images\Info.png"
+      Stretch="Fill"
+      VerticalAlignment="Top"
+      RenderTransformOrigin="0.792,0.486" />
+    <TextBlock
+      Margin="82,10,20,0"
+      TextWrapping="Wrap"
+      Height="32"
+      VerticalAlignment="Top"
+      FontSize="16"
+      FontWeight="Bold"
+      Foreground="#FF575757"><Run
+        Text="This is a fancy ToolTip..."
+        Language="de-ch" /></TextBlock>
+    <TextBlock
+      FontSize="12"
+      FontWeight="Normal"
+      Foreground="#FF141414"
+      TextWrapping="Wrap"
+      Margin="82,52,20,0"
+      VerticalAlignment="Top"
+      Text="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource FindAncestor, AncestorType={x:Type tb:TaskbarIcon}}, Path=ToolTipText}"
+      />
+  </Grid>
+  </ToolTip>
+
+  <!-- 
+    As we don't declare the popup with the control, use
+    commands to trigger an action.
+  -->
+  <Popup
+    x:Key="tbPopupSimple"
+    PopupAnimation="Slide"
+    Placement="Mouse"
+    AllowsTransparency="True"
+    StaysOpen="False"
+    >
+    <Border
+      Width="200"
+      Height="200"
+      Background="Red">
+      <Button>Click me</Button>
+    </Border>
+  </Popup>
+
+
+</ResourceDictionary>
--- a/Project/Window1.xaml
+++ b/Project/Window1.xaml
@@ -2,146 +2,437 @@
  x:Class="Sample_Project.Window1"
  xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
  xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
-  xmlns:tb="http://www.hardcodet.net/taskbar" 
-Title="Window1" Height="480" Width="579">
-	<Window.Resources>
-		<Storyboard x:Key="OnTaskbarIconLeftMouseUp1">
-			<BooleanAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="00:00:00" Storyboard.TargetName="popup" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Popup.IsOpen)">
-				<DiscreteBooleanKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00" Value="True"/>
-				<DiscreteBooleanKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:02" Value="False"/>
-			</BooleanAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
-			<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="00:00:00" Storyboard.TargetName="ellipse" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.RenderTransform).(TransformGroup.Children)[3].(TranslateTransform.X)">
-				<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00" Value="0"/>
-				<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:01" Value="74"/>
-				<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:01.5000000" Value="26"/>
-				<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:02" Value="0"/>
-			</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
-			<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="00:00:00" Storyboard.TargetName="ellipse" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.RenderTransform).(TransformGroup.Children)[3].(TranslateTransform.Y)">
-				<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00" Value="0"/>
-				<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:01" Value="106"/>
-				<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:01.5000000" Value="151"/>
-				<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:02" Value="0"/>
-			</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
-			<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="00:00:00" Storyboard.TargetName="popup" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Opacity)">
-				<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00" Value="0.1"/>
-				<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:02" Value="1"/>
-			</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
-			<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="00:00:00" Storyboard.TargetName="ellipse" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Opacity)">
-				<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00" Value="0.47"/>
-				<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:01" Value="1"/>
-				<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:01.5000000" Value="1"/>
-				<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:02" Value="0.685"/>
-			</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
-			<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="00:00:00" Storyboard.TargetName="border" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Opacity)">
-				<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00" Value="1"/>
-				<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:01" Value="0.515"/>
-			</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
-		</Storyboard>
-	</Window.Resources>
-	<Window.Triggers>
-		<EventTrigger RoutedEvent="tb:TaskbarIcon.TaskbarIconLeftMouseUp" SourceName="tb">
-			<BeginStoryboard Storyboard="{StaticResource OnTaskbarIconLeftMouseUp1}"/>
-		</EventTrigger>
-	</Window.Triggers>
-    <Grid>
-    <Grid.Resources>
+  xmlns:tb="http://www.hardcodet.net/taskbar"
+  xmlns:sys="clr-namespace:System;assembly=mscorlib"
+  Title="Window1"
+  Height="808"
+  Width="769"
+  xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
+  xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
+  mc:Ignorable="d"
+  xmlns:local="clr-namespace:Sample_Project">
+  <Window.Resources>

-      <Border
-        x:Key="yb"
-        Background="Yellow">
-        <Button
-          Width="200"
-          Height="200"
-          Content="CONTENT" />
-      </Border>
+    <BooleanToVisibilityConverter
+      x:Key="BooleanToVisibilityConverter" />

-        <ToolTip x:Key="borderToolTip">
-        <Border
-          Background="Red"
-          Opacity="0.75">
-          <TextBlock
-            Text="hello world" />
-        </Border>
-      </ToolTip>
-    </Grid.Resources>
-      <tb:TaskbarIcon
-      x:Name="tb" 
-        ToolTip="{StaticResource yb}" Height="23" VerticalAlignment="Top"
-      >
+    <ObjectDataProvider
+      MethodName="GetValues"
+      ObjectType="{x:Type sys:Enum}"
+      x:Key="ActivationModes">
+      <ObjectDataProvider.MethodParameters>
+        <x:Type
+          TypeName="tb:PopupActivationMode" />
+      </ObjectDataProvider.MethodParameters>
+    </ObjectDataProvider>

-        <tb:TaskbarIcon.TaskbarIconPopup>
-        <Popup StaysOpen="False">
-          <Border
-            Width="200"
-            Height="200"
-            Background="Orange">
-            <TextBlock
-              Text="POPUP!" />
-          </Border>
-        </Popup>
+
+      <Storyboard
+      x:Key="OnTaskbarIconLeftMouseUp1">
+      <BooleanAnimationUsingKeyFrames
+        BeginTime="00:00:00"
+        Storyboard.TargetName="popup"
+        Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Popup.IsOpen)">
+        <DiscreteBooleanKeyFrame
+          KeyTime="00:00:00"
+          Value="True" />
+        <DiscreteBooleanKeyFrame
+          KeyTime="00:00:02"
+          Value="False" />
+      </BooleanAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
+      <DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames
+        BeginTime="00:00:00"
+        Storyboard.TargetName="ellipse"
+        Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.RenderTransform).(TransformGroup.Children)[3].(TranslateTransform.X)">
+        <SplineDoubleKeyFrame
+          KeyTime="00:00:00"
+          Value="0" />
+        <SplineDoubleKeyFrame
+          KeyTime="00:00:01"
+          Value="74" />
+        <SplineDoubleKeyFrame
+          KeyTime="00:00:01.5000000"
+          Value="26" />
+        <SplineDoubleKeyFrame
+          KeyTime="00:00:02"
+          Value="0" />
+      </DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
+      <DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames
+        BeginTime="00:00:00"
+        Storyboard.TargetName="ellipse"
+        Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.RenderTransform).(TransformGroup.Children)[3].(TranslateTransform.Y)">
+        <SplineDoubleKeyFrame
+          KeyTime="00:00:00"
+          Value="0" />
+        <SplineDoubleKeyFrame
+          KeyTime="00:00:01"
+          Value="106" />
+        <SplineDoubleKeyFrame
+          KeyTime="00:00:01.5000000"
+          Value="151" />
+        <SplineDoubleKeyFrame
+          KeyTime="00:00:02"
+          Value="0" />
+      </DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
+      <DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames
+        BeginTime="00:00:00"
+        Storyboard.TargetName="popup"
+        Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Opacity)">
+        <SplineDoubleKeyFrame
+          KeyTime="00:00:00"
+          Value="0.1" />
+        <SplineDoubleKeyFrame
+          KeyTime="00:00:02"
+          Value="1" />
+      </DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
+      <DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames
+        BeginTime="00:00:00"
+        Storyboard.TargetName="ellipse"
+        Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Opacity)">
+        <SplineDoubleKeyFrame
+          KeyTime="00:00:00"
+          Value="0.47" />
+        <SplineDoubleKeyFrame
+          KeyTime="00:00:01"
+          Value="1" />
+        <SplineDoubleKeyFrame
+          KeyTime="00:00:01.5000000"
+          Value="1" />
+        <SplineDoubleKeyFrame
+          KeyTime="00:00:02"
+          Value="0.685" />
+      </DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
+      <DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames
+        BeginTime="00:00:00"
+        Storyboard.TargetName="border"
+        Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Opacity)">
+        <SplineDoubleKeyFrame
+          KeyTime="00:00:00"
+          Value="1" />
+        <SplineDoubleKeyFrame
+          KeyTime="00:00:01"
+          Value="0.515" />
+      </DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
+    </Storyboard>
+  </Window.Resources>
+  <Window.Triggers>
+    <EventTrigger
+      RoutedEvent="tb:TaskbarIcon.TaskbarIconLeftMouseUp"
+      SourceName="tb">
+      <BeginStoryboard
+        Storyboard="{StaticResource OnTaskbarIconLeftMouseUp1}" />
+    </EventTrigger>
+  </Window.Triggers>
+  <Grid>
+    <tb:TaskbarIcon
+      x:Name="tb"
+      VerticalAlignment="Top"
+      IconSource="{Binding Path=SelectedItem.Source, ElementName=iconList, Mode=Default}"
+      ContextMenu="{DynamicResource tbMenu}"
+      ToolTip="hello world"
+      ToolTipText="{Binding Path=Text, ElementName=txtToolTipText, Mode=Default}"
+      Visibility="{Binding Path=IsChecked, Converter={StaticResource BooleanToVisibilityConverter}, ElementName=iconVisibility, Mode=Default}"
+      MenuActivation="{Binding Path=SelectedItem, ElementName=lstMenuTrigger, Mode=Default}"
+      PopupActivation="{Binding Path=SelectedItem, ElementName=lstPopupTrigger, Mode=Default}">
+
+      <tb:TaskbarIcon.TaskbarIconPopup>
+        <local:FancyPopup />
      </tb:TaskbarIcon.TaskbarIconPopup>
-        
-      <tb:TaskbarIcon.ContextMenu>
-        <ContextMenu>
-          <MenuItem
-            Header="Open" />
-          <MenuItem
-            Header="Quite" />
-        </ContextMenu>
-      </tb:TaskbarIcon.ContextMenu>
-
-
-        <!--      <tb:TaskbarIcon.ToolTip>-->
-<!--          <Border Background="Yellow">-->
-<!--            <TextBlock-->
-<!--              Text="PopupToolTip" />-->
-<!--          </Border>-->
-<!--      </tb:TaskbarIcon.ToolTip>-->
-    </tb:TaskbarIcon>
      
+      <tb:TaskbarIcon.TaskbarIconToolTip>
+        <!-- the control will be put into a tooltip with an explicit DataContext -->
+        <local:FancyToolTip
+          Opacity="0.85"
+          InfoText="{Binding Path=ToolTipText}" />
+      </tb:TaskbarIcon.TaskbarIconToolTip>
+      
+    </tb:TaskbarIcon>
+
    <Button
      x:Name="btn"
      Click="OnClick"
      Content="Click me"
      Height="24"
-      Margin="12,33,66,0"
-      VerticalAlignment="Top" />
+      Margin="0,70,68,0"
+      VerticalAlignment="Top"
+      Width="73"
+      HorizontalAlignment="Right" />
    <Button
      Height="23"
      HorizontalAlignment="Right"
-      Margin="0,91,64,0"
-      Name="button1"
+      Margin="0,116,66,0"
+      x:Name="button1"
      VerticalAlignment="Top"
-      Width="75">Button</Button>
-    <TextBox
-      Text="{Binding ElementName=tb, Path=ToolTipText}"
-      Height="23"
-      Margin="13,91,0,0"
-      Name="textBox1"
+      Width="75"
+      Content="Button" />
+    <Popup
+      x:Name="popup"
+      Margin="-231,-276,231,0"
      VerticalAlignment="Top"
-      HorizontalAlignment="Left"
-      Width="120" />
-    <Popup x:Name="popup">
-    	<Grid Width="180" Height="227">
-    		<Border CornerRadius="10,10,10,10" x:Name="border">
-    			<Border.Background>
-    				<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0">
-    					<GradientStop Color="#FFF4B569" Offset="0"/>
-    					<GradientStop Color="#FFFFFFFF" Offset="1"/>
-    				</LinearGradientBrush>
-    			</Border.Background>
-    		</Border>
-    		<Ellipse Fill="#FFC13E3E" Stroke="#FF000000" VerticalAlignment="Top" Height="58" Margin="51,19,75,0" x:Name="ellipse" RenderTransformOrigin="0.5,0.5">
-    			<Ellipse.RenderTransform>
-    				<TransformGroup>
-    					<ScaleTransform ScaleX="1" ScaleY="1"/>
-    					<SkewTransform AngleX="0" AngleY="0"/>
-    					<RotateTransform Angle="0"/>
-    					<TranslateTransform X="0" Y="0"/>
-    				</TransformGroup>
-    			</Ellipse.RenderTransform>
-    		</Ellipse>
-    	</Grid>
+      Height="549"
+      d:IsHidden="True"
+      d:IsLocked="True">
+      <Grid
+        Width="180"
+        Height="227">
+        <Border
+          CornerRadius="10,10,10,10"
+          x:Name="border">
+          <Border.Background>
+            <LinearGradientBrush
+              EndPoint="0.5,1"
+              StartPoint="0.5,0">
+              <GradientStop
+                Color="#FFF4B569"
+                Offset="0" />
+              <GradientStop
+                Color="#FFFFFFFF"
+                Offset="1" />
+            </LinearGradientBrush>
+          </Border.Background>
+        </Border>
+        <Ellipse
+          Fill="#FFC13E3E"
+          Stroke="#FF000000"
+          VerticalAlignment="Top"
+          Height="58"
+          Margin="51,19,75,0"
+          x:Name="ellipse"
+          RenderTransformOrigin="0.5,0.5">
+          <Ellipse.RenderTransform>
+            <TransformGroup>
+              <ScaleTransform
+                ScaleX="1"
+                ScaleY="1" />
+              <SkewTransform
+                AngleX="0"
+                AngleY="0" />
+              <RotateTransform
+                Angle="0" />
+              <TranslateTransform
+                X="0"
+                Y="0" />
+            </TransformGroup>
+          </Ellipse.RenderTransform>
+        </Ellipse>
+      </Grid>
    </Popup>
+    <CheckBox
+      HorizontalAlignment="Left"
+      Margin="8,116,0,0"
+      VerticalAlignment="Top"
+      Width="155.42"
+      Content="Taskbar Icon Visible"
+      x:Name="iconVisibility"
+      IsChecked="True" />
+    <ListBox
+      HorizontalAlignment="Left"
+      Margin="8,171,0,0"
+      Width="123"
+      IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="True"
+      Height="51"
+      VerticalAlignment="Top"
+      x:Name="iconList"
+      SelectedIndex="0">
+      <Image
+        Width="16"
+        Margin="0,4,0,0"
+        Height="16"
+        Source="Icons\Inactive.ico" />
+      <Image
+        Width="16"
+        Margin="0,4,0,0"
+        Height="16"
+        Source="Icons\Error.ico" />
+
+    </ListBox>
+    <TextBlock
+      HorizontalAlignment="Left"
+      Margin="8,149,0,0"
+      VerticalAlignment="Top"
+      Width="Auto"
+      Height="22"
+      TextWrapping="Wrap"><Run
+        Text="Taskbar Icon:"
+        Language="de-ch" /></TextBlock>
+    <Grid
+      Margin="0,0,10,24"
+      VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
+      Height="242"
+      Width="358"
+      HorizontalAlignment="Right"
+      x:Name="Balloons">
+      <Border
+        HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
+        VerticalAlignment="Stretch"
+        BorderBrush="#FF000000"
+        BorderThickness="2,2,2,2" />
+      <TextBox
+        Margin="127,20,15,0"
+        x:Name="txtBalloonTitle"
+        VerticalAlignment="Top"
+        Height="23" />
+      <TextBox
+        Margin="127,65,15,97"
+        x:Name="txtBalloonText" />
+      <RadioButton
+        HorizontalAlignment="Left"
+        Margin="14,0,0,54"
+        VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
+        Width="111"
+        Height="22"
+        Content="Show as Info"
+        IsChecked="True" />
+      <TextBlock
+        HorizontalAlignment="Left"
+        Margin="14,20,0,0"
+        VerticalAlignment="Top"
+        Width="85"
+        Height="23"
+        TextWrapping="Wrap"><Run
+          Text="Balloon Title"
+          Language="de-ch" /></TextBlock>
+      <TextBlock
+        Margin="14,65,0,0"
+        VerticalAlignment="Top"
+        Height="23"
+        TextWrapping="Wrap"
+        HorizontalAlignment="Left"
+        Width="85"><Run
+          Text="Balloon Text"
+          Language="de-ch" /></TextBlock>
+      <RadioButton
+        Margin="14,0,0,32"
+        VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
+        Height="22"
+        Content="Show as Error"
+        HorizontalAlignment="Left"
+        Width="111" />
+      <RadioButton
+        Margin="14,0,0,10"
+        VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
+        Height="22"
+        Content="Show Custom Icon"
+        HorizontalAlignment="Left"
+        Width="130" />
+      <Button
+        HorizontalAlignment="Right"
+        Margin="0,0,21,12.52"
+        x:Name="showBalloonTip"
+        Width="120"
+        Content="Show Balloon Tip"
+        VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
+        Height="23" />
+    </Grid>
+    <Grid
+      HorizontalAlignment="Left"
+      Margin="12,0,0,24"
+      VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
+      Width="307"
+      Height="242"
+      x:Name="Popups">
+      <Border
+        HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
+        VerticalAlignment="Stretch"
+        BorderBrush="#FF000000"
+        BorderThickness="2,2,2,2" />
+      <ListBox
+        IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="False"
+        x:Name="lstPopupTrigger"
+        ItemsSource="{Binding Mode=OneWay, Source={StaticResource ActivationModes}}"
+        Margin="14,115,97,10"
+        SelectedIndex="0" />
+      <RadioButton
+        HorizontalAlignment="Left"
+        Margin="14,19,0,0"
+        VerticalAlignment="Top"
+        Width="Auto"
+        Height="22"
+        Content="Use simple Popup"
+        IsChecked="True" />
+      <RadioButton
+        Margin="14,41,97,0"
+        VerticalAlignment="Top"
+        Height="22"
+        Content="Use Popup with Storyboard" />
+      <TextBlock
+        Margin="14,83,106,0"
+        TextWrapping="Wrap"
+        VerticalAlignment="Top"
+        Height="22"><Run
+          Text="Display Popup on:"
+          Language="de-ch" /></TextBlock>
+    </Grid>
+    <Grid
+      Margin="0,323,10,276"
+      Width="358"
+      HorizontalAlignment="Right"
+      x:Name="ToolTips">
+      <Border
+        HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
+        VerticalAlignment="Stretch"
+        BorderBrush="#FF000000"
+        BorderThickness="2,2,2,2" />
+      <RadioButton
+        Margin="14,38,10,42"
+        Content="Use custom ToolTip on MouseOver (Vista and above)" />
+      <RadioButton
+        Margin="14,60,97,0"
+        VerticalAlignment="Top"
+        Height="22"
+        Content="Use custom ToolTip with Storyboard" />
+      <RadioButton
+        Margin="14,16,10,0"
+        Content="Only use ToolTipText (no custom tooltip)"
+        VerticalAlignment="Top"
+        Height="22"
+        IsChecked="True" />
+      <TextBox
+        Margin="14,0,21,19"
+        x:Name="txtToolTipText"
+        VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
+        Height="23"
+        Text="Click to open tooltip" />
+      <TextBlock
+        Margin="14,0,157,52"
+        VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
+        Height="16"
+        TextWrapping="Wrap"><Run
+          Text="ToolTip Text:"
+          Language="de-ch" /></TextBlock>
+    </Grid>
+    <Grid
+      HorizontalAlignment="Left"
+      Margin="12,323,0,276"
+      Width="307"
+      x:Name="ContextMenus">
+      <Border
+        BorderBrush="#FF000000"
+        BorderThickness="2,2,2,2" />
+      <ListBox
+        Margin="10,0,128,10"
+        IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="False"
+        x:Name="lstMenuTrigger"
+        ItemsSource="{Binding Mode=OneWay, Source={StaticResource ActivationModes}}"
+        Height="124"
+        VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
+        SelectedIndex="1" />
+      <TextBlock
+        Margin="10,10,110,0"
+        VerticalAlignment="Top"
+        Height="22"
+        TextWrapping="Wrap"><Run
+          Text="Trigger Context Menu:"
+          Language="de-ch" /></TextBlock>
+    </Grid>
+    <TextBlock
+      Margin="10,10,45,0"
+      VerticalAlignment="Top"
+      Height="Auto"
+      TextWrapping="Wrap"
+      FontWeight="Bold"
+      FontSize="14"><Run
+        Text="This window only contains the plumbing. In order to keep things separated, I created a few user controls for the popups and the TaskbarIcon instance."
+        Language="de-ch" /></TextBlock>
  </Grid>
 </Window>
--- a/Project/Window1.xaml.cs
+++ b/Project/Window1.xaml.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Windows;
@@ -19,13 +20,11 @@ namespace Sample_Project
  /// </summary>
  public partial class Window1 : Window
  {
+
+
    public Window1()
    {
      InitializeComponent();
-
-      //set icon in code - setting the IconSource in XAML
-      //works just fine but breaks the VS designer
-      tb.Icon = Properties.Resources.Computers;
    }

    private void OnClick(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)