WPF NotifyIcon

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FIX   Removed debug output in WindowMessageSink.
CHG   Major rework on sample project.

git-svn-id: https://svn.evolvesoftware.ch/repos/evolve.net/WPF/NotifyIcon@104 9f600761-6f11-4665-b6dc-0185e9171623

Source/Sample Project/Showcase/FancyBalloon.xaml

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+<UserControl
+  x:Class="Samples.FancyBalloon"
+  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"
+  x:Name="me"
+  Height="120"
+  Width="240">
+	<UserControl.Resources>
+		<Storyboard x:Key="FadeIn">
+			<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="00:00:00" Storyboard.TargetName="grid" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Opacity)">
+				<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00" Value="0"/>
+				<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:01" Value="0.95"/>
+				<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:03" Value="0.95"/>
+<!--				<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:05" Value="0"/>-->
+			</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
+		</Storyboard>
+		<Storyboard x:Key="HighlightCloseButton">
+			<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="00:00:00" Storyboard.TargetName="imgClose" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Opacity)">
+				<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00" Value="0.4"/>
+				<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00.3000000" Value="1"/>
+			</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
+		</Storyboard>
+		<Storyboard x:Key="FadeCloseButton">
+			<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="00:00:00" Storyboard.TargetName="imgClose" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Opacity)">
+				<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00" Value="1"/>
+				<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00.3000000" Value="0.4"/>
+			</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
+		</Storyboard>
+		<Storyboard x:Key="FadeBack">
+			<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="00:00:00" Storyboard.TargetName="grid" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Opacity)">
+				<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00" Value="1"/>
+				<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00.3000000" Value="1"/>
+			</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
+		</Storyboard>
+		<Storyboard x:Key="FadeOut" Completed="OnFadeOutCompleted" >
+			<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="00:00:00" Storyboard.TargetName="grid" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Opacity)">
+				<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00" Value="1"/>
+				<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00.3000000" Value="0.2"/>
+			</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
+		</Storyboard>
+	</UserControl.Resources>
+	<UserControl.Triggers>
+		<EventTrigger RoutedEvent="tb:TaskbarIcon.BalloonShowing">
+			<BeginStoryboard Storyboard="{StaticResource FadeIn}" x:Name="FadeIn_BeginStoryboard"/>
+		</EventTrigger>
+		<EventTrigger RoutedEvent="Mouse.MouseEnter" SourceName="imgClose">
+			<BeginStoryboard Storyboard="{StaticResource HighlightCloseButton}" x:Name="HighlightCloseButton_BeginStoryboard"/>
+		</EventTrigger>
+		<EventTrigger RoutedEvent="Mouse.MouseLeave" SourceName="imgClose">
+			<BeginStoryboard Storyboard="{StaticResource FadeCloseButton}" x:Name="FadeCloseButton_BeginStoryboard"/>
+		</EventTrigger>
+		<EventTrigger RoutedEvent="Mouse.MouseEnter">
+			<StopStoryboard BeginStoryboardName="FadeIn_BeginStoryboard"/>
+			<BeginStoryboard x:Name="FadeBack_BeginStoryboard1" Storyboard="{StaticResource FadeBack}"/>
+		</EventTrigger>
+		<EventTrigger RoutedEvent="tb:TaskbarIcon.BalloonClosing">
+			<BeginStoryboard Storyboard="{StaticResource FadeOut}" x:Name="FadeOut_BeginStoryboard"/>
+		</EventTrigger>
+	</UserControl.Triggers>
+  <Grid x:Name="grid" MouseEnter="grid_MouseEnter">
+    <Border
+      HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
+      Margin="5,5,5,5"
+      BorderThickness="1,1,1,1"
+      BorderBrush="#FF997137">
+    	<Border.Effect>
+    		<DropShadowEffect Color="#FF747474"/>
+    	</Border.Effect>
+      <Border.Background>
+        <LinearGradientBrush
+          EndPoint="0.5,1"
+          StartPoint="0.5,0">
+          <GradientStop
+            Color="#FF4B4B4B"
+            Offset="0" />
+          <GradientStop
+            Color="#FF8F8F8F"
+            Offset="1" />
+        </LinearGradientBrush>
+      </Border.Background>
+    </Border>
+    <Image
+      HorizontalAlignment="Left"
+      Margin="0,10,0,0"
+      Width="72"
+      Source="/Images/Info.png"
+      Stretch="Fill" Height="72" VerticalAlignment="Top" />
+    <TextBlock
+      Margin="72,49.2,10,0"
+      VerticalAlignment="Top"
+      Foreground="#FFECAD25"
+      TextWrapping="Wrap"><Run Text="This is a user control. The animation uses the attached " Language="de-ch"/><Run FontStyle="Italic" FontWeight="Bold" Text="BalloonShowing " Language="de-ch"/><Run Text="event." Language="de-ch"/></TextBlock>
+    <Path
+      Fill="#FFFFFFFF"
+      Stretch="Fill"
+      Margin="72,38.2,34,0"
+      VerticalAlignment="Top"
+      Height="1"
+      Data="M26,107 L220.04123,107" SnapsToDevicePixels="True">
+      <Path.Stroke>
+        <LinearGradientBrush
+          EndPoint="0.973,0.5"
+          StartPoint="0.005,0.5">
+          <GradientStop
+            Color="#00ECAD25"
+            Offset="1" />
+          <GradientStop
+            Color="#87ECAD25"
+            Offset="0" />
+        </LinearGradientBrush>
+      </Path.Stroke>
+    </Path>
+    <TextBlock Margin="72,10,10,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Height="23.2" Text="{Binding Path=BalloonText, ElementName=me, Mode=Default}" TextWrapping="Wrap" Foreground="#FFECAD25" FontWeight="Bold"/>
+    <Image HorizontalAlignment="Right" Margin="0,10,10,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="16" Height="16" Source="/Images/Close.png" Stretch="Fill" Opacity="0.4" ToolTip="Close Balloon" x:Name="imgClose" MouseDown="imgClose_MouseDown"/>
+
+  </Grid>
+</UserControl>

Source/Sample Project/Showcase/FancyBalloon.xaml.cs

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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Windows;
+using System.Windows.Controls;
+using System.Windows.Controls.Primitives;
+using System.Windows.Data;
+using System.Windows.Documents;
+using System.Windows.Input;
+using System.Windows.Media;
+using System.Windows.Media.Animation;
+using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
+using System.Windows.Navigation;
+using System.Windows.Shapes;
+using Hardcodet.Wpf.TaskbarNotification;
+
+namespace Samples
+{
+  /// <summary>
+  /// Interaction logic for FancyBalloon.xaml
+  /// </summary>
+  public partial class FancyBalloon : UserControl
+  {
+    private bool isClosing = false;
+
+    #region BalloonText dependency property
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Description
+    /// </summary>
+    public static readonly DependencyProperty BalloonTextProperty =
+        DependencyProperty.Register("BalloonText",
+                                    typeof (string),
+                                    typeof (FancyBalloon),
+                                    new FrameworkPropertyMetadata(""));
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// A property wrapper for the <see cref="BalloonTextProperty"/>
+    /// dependency property:<br/>
+    /// Description
+    /// </summary>
+    public string BalloonText
+    {
+      get { return (string) GetValue(BalloonTextProperty); }
+      set { SetValue(BalloonTextProperty, value); }
+    }
+
+    #endregion
+
+
+    public FancyBalloon()
+    {
+      InitializeComponent();
+      TaskbarIcon.AddBalloonClosingHandler(this, OnBalloonClosing);
+    }
+
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// By subscribing to the <see cref="TaskbarIcon.BalloonClosingEvent"/>
+    /// and setting the "Handled" property to true, we suppress the popup
+    /// from being closed in order to display the fade-out animation.
+    /// </summary>
+    private void OnBalloonClosing(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
+    {
+      e.Handled = true;
+      isClosing = true;
+    }
+
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Resolves the <see cref="TaskbarIcon"/> that displayed
+    /// the balloon and requests a close action.
+    /// </summary>
+    private void imgClose_MouseDown(object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)
+    {
+      //the tray icon assigned this attached property to simplify access
+      TaskbarIcon taskbarIcon = TaskbarIcon.GetParentTaskbarIcon(this);
+      taskbarIcon.CloseBalloon();
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// If the users hovers over the balloon, we don't close it.
+    /// </summary>
+    private void grid_MouseEnter(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
+    {
+      //if we're already running the fade-out animation, do not interrupt anymore
+      //(makes things too complicated for the sample)
+      if (isClosing) return;
+
+      //the tray icon assigned this attached property to simplify access
+      TaskbarIcon taskbarIcon = TaskbarIcon.GetParentTaskbarIcon(this);
+      taskbarIcon.ResetBalloonCloseTimer();
+    }
+
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Closes the popup once the fade-out animation completed.
+    /// The animation was triggered in XAML through the attached
+    /// BalloonClosing event.
+    /// </summary>
+    private void OnFadeOutCompleted(object sender, EventArgs e)
+    {
+      Popup pp = (Popup)Parent;
+      pp.IsOpen = false;
+    }
+  }
+}

Source/Sample Project/Showcase/FancyPopup.xaml

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+<UserControl
+  x:Class="Samples.FancyPopup"
+  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"
+  Height="215"
+  Width="300" x:Name="me">
+	<UserControl.Resources>
+		<Storyboard x:Key="RotateIcon">
+			<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="00:00:00" Storyboard.TargetName="image" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.RenderTransform).(TransformGroup.Children)[2].(RotateTransform.Angle)">
+				<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00" Value="0"/>
+				<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeySpline="0,0.284,0.39,1" KeyTime="00:00:01.4000000" Value="360"/>
+			</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
+		</Storyboard>
+	</UserControl.Resources>
+	<UserControl.Triggers>
+		<EventTrigger RoutedEvent="tb:TaskbarIcon.PopupOpened">
+			<BeginStoryboard Storyboard="{StaticResource RotateIcon}" x:Name="RotateIcon_BeginStoryboard"/>
+		</EventTrigger>
+	</UserControl.Triggers>
+  <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" x:Name="image" RenderTransformOrigin="0.5,0.5" >
+    	<Image.RenderTransform>
+    		<TransformGroup>
+    			<ScaleTransform ScaleX="1" ScaleY="1"/>
+    			<SkewTransform AngleX="0" AngleY="0"/>
+    			<RotateTransform Angle="0"/>
+    			<TranslateTransform X="0" Y="0"/>
+    		</TransformGroup>
+    	</Image.RenderTransform>
+    </Image>
+    <TextBlock
+      Margin="107,10,20,0"
+      TextWrapping="Wrap"
+      Height="Auto"
+      VerticalAlignment="Top"
+      FontSize="16"
+      FontWeight="Bold"
+      Foreground="#FF575757" HorizontalAlignment="Right"><Run
+        Text="This is a fancy Popup..."
+        Language="de-ch" /></TextBlock>
+    <Button
+      Click="OnButtonClick"
+      ToolTip="{Binding Path=ToolTipText}"
+      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="This user control makes use of the " Language="de-ch"/><Run FontStyle="Italic" FontWeight="Bold" Text="PopupOpened " Language="de-ch"/><Run Text="attached routed event . Whenever the popup is opened, this attached event fires and triggers the rotation animation." Language="de-ch"/></TextBlock>
+    <TextBlock Margin="0,52,20,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Height="Auto" 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>
+    <Image
+    	Source="{Binding Path=IconSource}" Width="16" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="19,0,0,23" Height="16" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" />
+
+  </Grid>
+</UserControl>

Source/Sample Project/Showcase/FancyPopup.xaml.cs

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+using System.Windows;
+using System.Windows.Controls;
+
+namespace Samples
+{
+  /// <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++;
+    }
+  }
+}

Source/Sample Project/Showcase/FancyToolTip.xaml

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+<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="http://www.hardcodet.net/taskbar"
+  mc:Ignorable="d"
+  x:Class="Samples.FancyToolTip"
+  x:Name="me"
+  Width="285"
+  Height="136">
+	<UserControl.Resources>
+		<Storyboard x:Key="FadeIn">
+			<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="00:00:00" Storyboard.TargetName="border" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Opacity)">
+				<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00" Value="0"/>
+				<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:01" Value="1" KeySpline="0,0,0.46,0.969"/>
+			</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
+			<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="00:00:00" Storyboard.TargetName="image" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Opacity)">
+				<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00" Value="0.6"/>
+				<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:01" Value="1"/>
+			</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
+		</Storyboard>
+		<Storyboard x:Key="FadeOut">
+			<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="0.25"/>
+			</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
+			<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="00:00:00" Storyboard.TargetName="image" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Opacity)">
+				<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00" Value="1"/>
+				<SplineDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:01" Value="0.6"/>
+			</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
+		</Storyboard>
+	</UserControl.Resources>
+	<UserControl.Triggers>
+		<EventTrigger RoutedEvent="tb:TaskbarIcon.ToolTipOpened">
+			<BeginStoryboard Storyboard="{StaticResource FadeIn}" x:Name="FadeIn_BeginStoryboard"/>
+		</EventTrigger>
+		<EventTrigger RoutedEvent="tb:TaskbarIcon.ToolTipClose">
+      <BeginStoryboard Storyboard="{StaticResource FadeOut}" x:Name="FadeOut_BeginStoryboard"/>
+		</EventTrigger>
+	</UserControl.Triggers>
+
+  <Grid
+    x:Name="LayoutRoot" Height="Auto">
+    <Border
+      HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
+      VerticalAlignment="Stretch"
+      Width="Auto"
+      Height="Auto"
+      CornerRadius="6,6,6,6"
+      BorderThickness="3,3,3,3"
+      Margin="0,0,5,5" x:Name="border">
+      <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" x:Name="image" Height="72" >
+    	<Image.RenderTransform>
+    		<TransformGroup>
+    			<ScaleTransform ScaleX="1" ScaleY="1"/>
+    			<SkewTransform AngleX="0" AngleY="0"/>
+    			<RotateTransform Angle="0"/>
+    			<TranslateTransform X="0" Y="0"/>
+    		</TransformGroup>
+    	</Image.RenderTransform>
+    </Image>
+    <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="Bold"
+      Foreground="#FF141414"
+      TextWrapping="Wrap"
+      Margin="10,0,20,19"
+      VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
+      Text="{Binding ElementName=me, Path=InfoText}"
+      x:Name="txtToolTipDetail" d:LayoutOverrides="Height" />
+    <TextBlock
+    	FontSize="12"
+    	FontWeight="Normal"
+    	Foreground="#FF141414"
+    	TextWrapping="Wrap"
+    	Margin="82,42,20,44.96"
+    	x:Name="txtToolTipDetail_Copy" ><Run Text="Data binding is simple: The NotifyIcon sets the DataContext unless it's not already in use." Language="de-ch"/></TextBlock>
+  </Grid>
+</UserControl>

Source/Sample Project/Showcase/FancyToolTip.xaml.cs

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+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;
+using Hardcodet.Wpf.TaskbarNotification;
+
+namespace Samples
+{
+	/// <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(""));
+
+	  /// <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); }
+	  }
+
+	  #endregion
+
+
+
+		public FancyToolTip()
+		{
+			this.InitializeComponent();
+		}
+
+	}
+}

Source/Sample Project/Showcase/NotifyIconResources.xaml

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+<ResourceDictionary
+	xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" 
+	xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" 
+	xmlns:Commands="clr-namespace:Samples.Commands"
+  xmlns:tb="http://www.hardcodet.net/taskbar"
+  >
+	<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}">
+          <Grid>
+            <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>
+          </Grid>
+				</ControlTemplate>
+			</Setter.Value>
+		</Setter>
+	</Style>
+
+ 
+  <!-- The taskbar context menu - the first row is a dummy to show of simple data binding -->
+  <ContextMenu
+    x:Key="tbMenu">
+    <MenuItem
+      IsEnabled="False"
+      Header="{Binding Path=ToolTipText}">
+      <MenuItem.Icon>
+        <Image
+          Width="16"
+          Height="16"
+          Source="{Binding Path=IconSource}" />
+      </MenuItem.Icon>      
+    </MenuItem>
+
+    <MenuItem
+      Header="Show Main Window"
+      Command="{Commands:ShowMainWindowCommand}">
+      <MenuItem.Icon>
+        <Image
+          Width="16"
+          Height="16"
+          Source="/Images/Add.png" />
+      </MenuItem.Icon>
+    </MenuItem>
+    
+    <Separator />
+
+    <MenuItem
+      Header="Hide Main Window"
+      Command="{Commands:HideMainWindowCommand}">
+      <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>

Source/Sample Project/Showcase/ShowcaseWindow.xaml

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+<Window
+  x:Class="Samples.ShowcaseWindow"
+  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"
+  xmlns:sys="clr-namespace:System;assembly=mscorlib"
+  Title="WPF NotifyIcon Sample"
+  Height="874"
+  Width="880"
+  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:Samples"
+  xmlns:Commands="clr-namespace:Samples.Commands"
+  MinWidth="750"
+  MinHeight="800"
+  ResizeMode="NoResize">
+  <Window.Resources>
+
+    <BooleanToVisibilityConverter
+      x:Key="BooleanToVisibilityConverter" />
+
+    <ObjectDataProvider
+      MethodName="GetValues"
+      ObjectType="{x:Type sys:Enum}"
+      x:Key="ActivationModes">
+      <ObjectDataProvider.MethodParameters>
+        <x:Type
+          TypeName="tb:PopupActivationMode" />
+      </ObjectDataProvider.MethodParameters>
+    </ObjectDataProvider>
+
+  </Window.Resources>
+  <Window.Background>
+    <LinearGradientBrush
+      EndPoint="0.5,1"
+      StartPoint="0.5,0">
+      <GradientStop
+        Color="#FFFFFFFF"
+        Offset="0" />
+      <GradientStop
+        Color="#FFFFE7D1"
+        Offset="1" />
+    </LinearGradientBrush>
+  </Window.Background>
+  <Window.Triggers>
+    <EventTrigger
+      RoutedEvent="tb:TaskbarIcon.TrayToolTipOpen"
+      SourceName="tb" />
+  </Window.Triggers>
+
+  <Grid
+    Hyperlink.RequestNavigate="OnNavigationRequest">
+
+
+
+    <!--
+      THE TASKBARICON ELEMENT WAS DECLARED INLINE IN ORDER TO USE DATABINDING
+      FOR ITS PROPERTIES. IN  A REAL-LIFE APP, YOU'D PROBABLY RATHER DECLARE
+      IT IN A RESOURCE DICTIONARY SO YOU CAN ALSO USE IT IF THERE IS NO WINDOW
+      OPEN.
+    -->
+
+    <tb:TaskbarIcon
+      x:Name="tb"
+      VerticalAlignment="Top"
+      IconSource="{Binding Path=SelectedItem.Source, ElementName=iconList, Mode=Default}"
+      ContextMenu="{DynamicResource tbMenu}"
+      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}"
+      DoubleClickCommand="{Commands:ShowMainWindowCommand}">
+
+      <tb:TaskbarIcon.TrayPopup>
+        <!-- the control will be put into a popup with an explicit DataContext -->
+        <local:FancyPopup />
+      </tb:TaskbarIcon.TrayPopup>
+
+      <tb:TaskbarIcon.TrayToolTip>
+        <!-- the control will be put into a tooltip with an explicit DataContext -->
+        <local:FancyToolTip
+          Opacity="0.85"
+          InfoText="{Binding Path=ToolTipText}" />
+      </tb:TaskbarIcon.TrayToolTip>
+
+    </tb:TaskbarIcon>
+
+
+
+
+    <!-- ************************************************************************************* -->
+    <!-- ************************************************************************************* -->
+    <!-- EVERYTHING BELOW IS JUST PLUMBING FOR THE SAMPLE -->
+
+
+    <Grid
+      Margin="486.5,578.58,0,0"
+      VerticalAlignment="Top"
+      Height="248"
+      x:Name="Balloons"
+      Width="372"
+      HorizontalAlignment="Left">
+      <Border
+        HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
+        VerticalAlignment="Stretch"
+        BorderBrush="#FF000000"
+        BorderThickness="2,2,2,2" />
+      <TextBox
+        Margin="125,0,17,133"
+        x:Name="txtBalloonTitle"
+        VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
+        Height="23">WPF NotifyIcon</TextBox>
+      <TextBox
+        Margin="125,0,17,76"
+        x:Name="txtBalloonText"
+        AcceptsReturn="True"
+        Height="47"
+        VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
+        d:LayoutOverrides="VerticalAlignment"
+        TextWrapping="Wrap"
+        Text="You should see a LED icon in your system tray. This is your NotifyIcon." />
+      <RadioButton
+        HorizontalAlignment="Left"
+        Margin="14,0,0,54"
+        VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
+        Width="111"
+        Height="22"
+        Content="Show as Info"
+        IsChecked="True"
+        x:Name="rbInfo" />
+      <TextBlock
+        HorizontalAlignment="Left"
+        Margin="14,0,0,133"
+        VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
+        Width="85"
+        Height="23"
+        TextWrapping="Wrap"><Run
+          Text="Balloon Title" /></TextBlock>
+      <TextBlock
+        Margin="14,0,0,100"
+        TextWrapping="Wrap"
+        HorizontalAlignment="Left"
+        Width="85"
+        Height="23"
+        VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
+        d:LayoutOverrides="VerticalAlignment"><Run
+          Text="Balloon Text" /></TextBlock>
+      <RadioButton
+        Margin="14,0,0,32"
+        VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
+        Height="22"
+        Content="Show as Error"
+        HorizontalAlignment="Left"
+        Width="111"
+        x:Name="rbError" />
+      <RadioButton
+        Margin="14,0,0,10"
+        VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
+        Height="22"
+        Content="Show Custom Icon"
+        HorizontalAlignment="Left"
+        Width="130"
+        x:Name="rbCustomIcon" />
+      <Button
+        HorizontalAlignment="Right"
+        Margin="0,0,17,43"
+        x:Name="showBalloonTip"
+        Width="120"
+        Content="Show Balloon Tip"
+        VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
+        Height="23"
+        Click="showBalloonTip_Click" />
+      <TextBlock
+        Margin="10,35.96,21,0"
+        VerticalAlignment="Top"
+        Height="56.04"
+        TextWrapping="Wrap"><Run
+          Text="Displays default balloon tips as supported by the OS. " /><Run
+          Text="You can use custom icons under all OS versions" /><Run
+          Text=" (not supported by WinForms NotifyIcon)." /><Run
+          Text="." /></TextBlock>
+      <Button
+        HorizontalAlignment="Right"
+        Margin="0,0,17,12.52"
+        x:Name="hideBalloonTip"
+        Width="120"
+        Content="Hide Balloon Tip"
+        VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
+        Height="23"
+        Click="hideBalloonTip_Click" />
+      <TextBlock
+        HorizontalAlignment="Left"
+        Margin="10,10,0,0"
+        VerticalAlignment="Top"
+        Width="Auto"
+        Height="Auto"
+        FontWeight="Bold"
+        TextDecorations="Underline"
+        TextWrapping="Wrap"><Run
+          Text="Standard (OS) Balloon Tips" /></TextBlock>
+    </Grid>
+    <Grid
+      HorizontalAlignment="Left"
+      Margin="12,543.88,0,0"
+      VerticalAlignment="Top"
+      Width="445.5"
+      Height="282.7"
+      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="10,0,190,10"
+        SelectedIndex="0"
+        Height="117"
+        VerticalAlignment="Bottom" />
+      <TextBlock
+        Margin="10,31.7,14,137"
+        TextWrapping="Wrap"><Run
+          Text="If the user clicks on the " /><Run
+          Text="Notify" /><Run
+          Text="Icon, a " /><Run
+          Text="P" /><Run
+          Text="opup can be opened and displayed" /><Run
+          Text=" that allows the user to quickly interact with the application" /><Run
+          Text=". " /><Run
+          Text="Unlike custom ToolTips, this works under all OS versions" /><Run
+          Text=". " /><Run
+          Text="Which mouse button(s) opens the Popup is " /><Run
+          Text="determined by the " /><Run
+          FontStyle="Italic"
+          FontWeight="Bold"
+          Text="PopupActivation " /><Run
+          Text="property." /><Run
+          Text=" If both Popup and ContextMenu are configured for the same mouse buttons, ContextMenu takes precedence." /><LineBreak /><Run
+          Text="(Note: " /><Run
+          Text="In case left-clicks are used, popups are displayed with a delay to ensure the user does not double-click." /><Run
+          Text=")" /></TextBlock>
+      <TextBlock
+        HorizontalAlignment="Left"
+        Margin="10,10,0,0"
+        VerticalAlignment="Top"
+        Width="Auto"
+        Height="Auto"
+        FontWeight="Bold"
+        TextDecorations="Underline"
+        TextWrapping="Wrap"><Run
+          Text="Popup Controls" /></TextBlock>
+    </Grid>
+    <Grid
+      Margin="10,278,0,0"
+      x:Name="ToolTips"
+      Height="255.88"
+      VerticalAlignment="Top"
+      d:LayoutOverrides="HorizontalAlignment, VerticalAlignment"
+      Width="447.5"
+      HorizontalAlignment="Left">
+      <Border
+        HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
+        VerticalAlignment="Stretch"
+        BorderBrush="#FF000000"
+        BorderThickness="2,2,2,2" />
+      <TextBox
+        Margin="10,0,25,60"
+        x:Name="txtToolTipText"
+        VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
+        Height="23"
+        Text="THIS IS A SAMPLE TEXT...."
+        Foreground="#FFFF0000" />
+      <TextBlock
+        Margin="10,0,25,93"
+        TextWrapping="Wrap"
+        Height="21"
+        VerticalAlignment="Bottom"><Run
+          Text="ToolTipText" /><Run
+          Text=" (assigned to property and also used by several bindings)" /><Run
+          Text=":" /></TextBlock>
+      <TextBlock
+        Margin="10,29.88,10,114"
+        TextWrapping="Wrap"><Run
+          Text="If the user moves the mouse over the " /><Run
+          Text="Notify" /><Run
+          Text="Icon, " /><Run
+          Text="a ToolTip " /><Run
+          Text="can be displayed. Starting from Windows Vista, we have convenient events to display and hide tooltips." /><Run
+          Text=" You can assign arbitrary UIElements (e.g. User Controls) to the " /><Run
+          FontStyle="Italic"
+          FontWeight="Bold"
+          Text="TrayToolTip " /><Run
+          Text="property." /><LineBreak /><Run
+          Text="" /><Run
+          Text="If " /><Run
+          FontStyle="Italic"
+          FontWeight="Bold"
+          Text="TrayToolTip " /><Run
+          Text="is not set or the app runs under an older OS (e.g. " /><Run
+          Text="Windows " /><Run
+          Text="xp), the " /><Run
+          Text="NotifyIcon " /><Run
+          Text="falls back to the " /><Run
+          FontStyle="Italic"
+          FontWeight="Bold"
+          Text="ToolTipText " /><Run
+          Text="property." /></TextBlock>
+      <Button
+        HorizontalAlignment="Left"
+        Margin="10,0,0,10"
+        VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
+        Width="147"
+        Height="24"
+        Content="Remove Custom ToolTip"
+        Name="removeToolTip"
+        Click="removeToolTip_Click" />
+      <TextBlock
+        Margin="10,0,25,44"
+        VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
+        Height="16"
+        TextWrapping="Wrap"><Run
+          Text="Click to fall back to ToolTipText (sets TrayToolTip to null):" /></TextBlock>
+      <TextBlock
+        HorizontalAlignment="Left"
+        Margin="10,10,0,0"
+        VerticalAlignment="Top"
+        Width="Auto"
+        Height="Auto"
+        FontWeight="Bold"
+        TextDecorations="Underline"
+        TextWrapping="Wrap"><Run
+          Text="ToolTips and ToolTipText" /></TextBlock>
+    </Grid>
+    <Grid
+      HorizontalAlignment="Left"
+      Margin="488,114.5,0,0"
+      Width="370.5"
+      x:Name="ContextMenus"
+      Height="255.88"
+      VerticalAlignment="Top"
+      d:LayoutOverrides="VerticalAlignment">
+      <Border
+        BorderBrush="#FF000000"
+        BorderThickness="2,2,2,2" />
+      <ListBox
+        Margin="10,0,95,10"
+        IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="False"
+        x:Name="lstMenuTrigger"
+        ItemsSource="{Binding Mode=OneWay, Source={StaticResource ActivationModes}}"
+        Height="124"
+        VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
+        SelectedIndex="1" />
+      <TextBlock
+        Margin="10,97,48,0"
+        VerticalAlignment="Top"
+        Height="22"
+        TextWrapping="Wrap"><Run
+          Text="Mouse events that open the context menu:" /></TextBlock>
+      <TextBlock
+        Margin="10,30,10,0"
+        VerticalAlignment="Top"
+        Height="57"
+        TextWrapping="Wrap"><Run
+          Text="Assign a custon context menu through the " /><Run
+          FontStyle="Italic"
+          FontWeight="Bold"
+          Text="ContextMenu " /><Run
+          Text="property of the " /><Run
+          Text="Notify" /><Run
+          Text="Icon. The " /><Run
+          FontStyle="Italic"
+          FontWeight="Bold"
+          Text="MenuActivation " /><Run
+          Text="property determines what mouse events open the context menu." /></TextBlock>
+      <TextBlock
+        Margin="10,10,0,0"
+        VerticalAlignment="Top"
+        Height="Auto"
+        TextWrapping="Wrap"
+        Width="Auto"
+        HorizontalAlignment="Left"
+        FontWeight="Bold"
+        TextDecorations="Underline"><Run
+          Text="Context Menu" /></TextBlock>
+    </Grid>
+    <TextBlock
+      Margin="10,10,0,0"
+      VerticalAlignment="Top"
+      Height="Auto"
+      TextWrapping="Wrap"
+      FontWeight="Bold"
+      FontSize="16"
+      HorizontalAlignment="Left"><Run
+        Text="WPF NotifyIcon 1.0.1" /></TextBlock>
+    <TextBlock
+      Margin="12,57.62,15.5,0"
+      VerticalAlignment="Top"
+      FontSize="14"
+      FontStyle="Italic"
+      Foreground="#FF303030"
+      TextWrapping="Wrap"
+      HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"><Run
+        Text="This " /><Run
+        Text="is a showcase of the different features of the WPF NotifyIcon. Have a look at the used controls and styles in order to see how binding can be supported. For a real-life " /><Run
+        Text="example" /><Run
+        Text=", " /><Run
+        Language="de-ch"
+        Text="check out " /><Hyperlink
+        NavigateUri="http://www.hardcodet.net/netdrives/"><Run
+          Text="NetDrives" /></Hyperlink></TextBlock>
+    <Grid
+      Margin="486.5,380.38,0,0"
+      x:Name="CustomBalloons"
+      Height="188.2"
+      VerticalAlignment="Top"
+      Width="372"
+      HorizontalAlignment="Left"
+      d:LayoutOverrides="VerticalAlignment">
+      <Border
+        HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
+        Width="Auto"
+        BorderThickness="2,2,2,2"
+        BorderBrush="#FF000000" />
+      <Button
+        Content="Show"
+        x:Name="showCustomBalloon"
+        Click="showCustomBalloon_Click"
+        HorizontalAlignment="Right"
+        Margin="0,0,91.377,10"
+        Width="71.623"
+        Height="23"
+        VerticalAlignment="Bottom" />
+      <TextBox
+        VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
+        Height="23"
+        Text="WPF Balloon"
+        TextWrapping="Wrap"
+        Margin="10,0,173,10"
+        x:Name="customBalloonTitle" />
+      <TextBlock
+        Margin="10,35,24.377,0"
+        VerticalAlignment="Top"
+        TextWrapping="Wrap"
+        Height="119.68"><Run
+          Text="Custom " /><Run
+          Text="Balloons are much " /><Run
+          Text="ore flexible then standard balloons " /><Run
+          Text="tips " /><Run
+          Text="when it comes to styling." /><Run
+          Text=" You can display arbitrary UI Elements (e.g. User Controls) as custom balloons." /><LineBreak /><Run
+          Text="Apart from the richer UI, custom balloons also provide a" /><Run
+          Text="ttached properties and events that can be used to control behavior." /><Run
+          Text=" Custom balloons also work if the NotifyIcon is not visible." /><LineBreak /><Run
+          Text="(Hint: Hover over the " /><Run
+          Text="balloon " /><Run
+          Text="to suspend the fade-out.)" /></TextBlock>
+      <Button
+        Content="Close"
+        x:Name="hideCustomBalloon"
+        Click="hideCustomBalloon_Click"
+        HorizontalAlignment="Right"
+        Margin="0,0,9.754,10.52"
+        Width="71.623"
+        Height="23"
+        VerticalAlignment="Bottom" />
+      <TextBlock
+        HorizontalAlignment="Left"
+        Margin="10,10,0,0"
+        VerticalAlignment="Top"
+        Width="Auto"
+        Height="Auto"
+        FontWeight="Bold"
+        TextDecorations="Underline"
+        TextWrapping="Wrap"><Run
+          Text="Custom Balloons" /></TextBlock>
+    </Grid>
+    <Grid
+      Margin="10,114.5,0,0"
+      VerticalAlignment="Top"
+      Height="138.38"
+      x:Name="Common"
+      Width="447.5"
+      HorizontalAlignment="Left">
+      <Border
+        BorderThickness="2,2,2,2"
+        BorderBrush="#FF000000"
+        d:IsLocked="True" />
+      <CheckBox
+        Margin="10,35.96,0,0"
+        VerticalAlignment="Top"
+        Content="NotifyIcon Visible"
+        x:Name="iconVisibility"
+        IsChecked="True"
+        HorizontalAlignment="Left"
+        Width="155.42"
+        d:LayoutOverrides="Height" />
+      <ListBox
+        Margin="10,77.38,0,0"
+        IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="True"
+        x:Name="iconList"
+        SelectedIndex="0"
+        Width="123"
+        HorizontalAlignment="Left"
+        Height="51"
+        VerticalAlignment="Top">
+        <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
+        Margin="10,55.38,0,61"
+        Width="Auto"
+        TextWrapping="Wrap"
+        d:LayoutOverrides="Width"
+        HorizontalAlignment="Left"><Run
+          Text="Select an image to switch icons:" /></TextBlock>
+      <TextBlock
+        HorizontalAlignment="Left"
+        Margin="10,10,0,0"
+        VerticalAlignment="Top"
+        Width="Auto"
+        Height="Auto"
+        FontWeight="Bold"
+        TextDecorations="Underline"
+        TextWrapping="Wrap"><Run
+          Text="Icon / Visibility" /></TextBlock>
+    </Grid>
+  </Grid>
+</Window>

Source/Sample Project/Showcase/ShowcaseWindow.xaml.cs

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+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Windows;
+using System.Windows.Controls.Primitives;
+using System.Windows.Navigation;
+using Hardcodet.Wpf.TaskbarNotification;
+
+namespace Samples
+{
+  /// <summary>
+  /// Interaction logic for ShowcaseWindow.xaml
+  /// </summary>
+  public partial class ShowcaseWindow : Window
+  {
+    public ShowcaseWindow()
+    {
+      InitializeComponent();
+
+      
+      Loaded += delegate
+                  {
+                    //show balloon at startup
+                    var balloon = new WelcomeBalloon();
+                    tb.ShowCustomBalloon(balloon, PopupAnimation.Slide, 12000);
+                  };
+    }
+
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Displays a balloon tip.
+    /// </summary>
+    private void showBalloonTip_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
+    {
+      string title = txtBalloonTitle.Text;
+      string message = txtBalloonText.Text;
+
+      if (rbCustomIcon.IsChecked == true)
+      {
+        //just display the icon on the tray
+        var icon = tb.Icon;
+        tb.ShowBalloonTip(title, message, icon);
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        BalloonIcon bi = rbInfo.IsChecked == true ? BalloonIcon.Info : BalloonIcon.Error;
+        tb.ShowBalloonTip(title, message, bi);
+      }
+    }
+
+    private void hideBalloonTip_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
+    {
+      tb.HideBalloonTip();
+    }
+
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Resets the tooltip.
+    /// </summary>
+    private void removeToolTip_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
+    {
+      tb.TrayToolTip = null;
+    }
+
+
+
+    private void showCustomBalloon_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
+    {
+      FancyBalloon balloon = new FancyBalloon();
+      balloon.BalloonText = customBalloonTitle.Text;
+      //show and close after 2.5 seconds
+      tb.ShowCustomBalloon(balloon, PopupAnimation.Slide, 5000);
+    }
+
+    private void hideCustomBalloon_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
+    {
+      tb.CloseBalloon();
+    }
+
+
+    private void OnNavigationRequest(object sender, RequestNavigateEventArgs e)
+    {
+      Process.Start(e.Uri.ToString());
+      e.Handled = true;
+    }
+
+
+    protected override void OnClosing(System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs e)
+    {
+      //clean up notifyicon (would otherwise stay open until application finishes)
+      tb.Dispose();
+      base.OnClosing(e);
+    }
+  }
+}

Source/Sample Project/Showcase/WelcomeBalloon.xaml

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+<UserControl
+  x:Class="Samples.WelcomeBalloon"
+  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"
+  Height="130"
+  Width="283"
+  xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
+  xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
+  mc:Ignorable="d"
+  x:Name="me">
+  <UserControl.Resources>
+    <Storyboard
+      x:Key="FadeInAndOut">
+      <DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames
+        BeginTime="00:00:00"
+        Storyboard.TargetName="grid"
+        Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Opacity)">
+        <SplineDoubleKeyFrame
+          KeyTime="00:00:00"
+          Value="0" />
+        <SplineDoubleKeyFrame
+          KeyTime="00:00:01"
+          Value="0.895" />
+        <SplineDoubleKeyFrame
+          KeyTime="00:00:10"
+          Value="0.895" />
+        <SplineDoubleKeyFrame
+          KeyTime="00:00:11.6000000"
+          Value="0" />
+      </DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
+    </Storyboard>
+  </UserControl.Resources>
+  <UserControl.Triggers>
+    <EventTrigger
+      RoutedEvent="tb:TaskbarIcon.BalloonShowing">
+      <BeginStoryboard
+        Storyboard="{StaticResource FadeInAndOut}"
+        x:Name="FadeInAndOut_BeginStoryboard" />
+    </EventTrigger>
+  </UserControl.Triggers>
+  <Grid
+    x:Name="grid">
+
+    <Border
+      x:Name="border"
+      CornerRadius="10,10,10,10"
+      Margin="0,0,5,5">
+      <Border.Background>
+        <LinearGradientBrush
+          EndPoint="0.5,1"
+          StartPoint="0.5,0">
+          <GradientStop
+            Color="#FFEEEEEE"
+            Offset="1" />
+          <GradientStop
+            Color="#FFFB6B42"
+            Offset="0" />
+        </LinearGradientBrush>
+      </Border.Background>
+      <Border.Effect>
+        <DropShadowEffect />
+      </Border.Effect>
+    </Border>
+    <TextBlock
+      Margin="10,10,15,0"
+      VerticalAlignment="Top"
+      FontSize="14"
+      FontWeight="Bold"
+      TextWrapping="Wrap"
+      HorizontalAlignment="Center"><Run
+        Text="WPF NotifyIcon - Sample Application"
+        Language="de-ch" /></TextBlock>
+    <TextBlock
+      Margin="10,38.62,10,0"
+      VerticalAlignment="Top"
+      TextWrapping="Wrap"
+      HorizontalAlignment="Left"><Run
+        Text="You should see this icon in your system tray:" /><Run
+        Text=" " /><InlineUIContainer>
+    			<Image
+          Source="{Binding Path=IconSource}"
+          Width="16"
+          Height="16" />
+    		</InlineUIContainer><LineBreak /><Run
+        Text="This is your NotifyIcon." /><LineBreak /><Run
+        Text="" /><LineBreak /><Run
+        FontSize="10"
+        FontStyle="Italic"
+        Text="You can change the displayed icon by selecting another image in the sample window." /></TextBlock>
+
+  </Grid>
+</UserControl>

Source/Sample Project/Showcase/WelcomeBalloon.xaml.cs

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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+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 Samples
+{
+  /// <summary>
+  /// Interaction logic for WelcomeBalloon.xaml
+  /// </summary>
+  public partial class WelcomeBalloon : UserControl
+  {
+    public WelcomeBalloon()
+    {
+      InitializeComponent();
+    }
+  }
+}