Custom Bubbles

[jb3rry]

Is it possible to change the information in the default Bubbles?

For example the information bubble that pops up after you connect or disconnect you network cable.

[Vel Straty]

Maybe so, if you alter some DLLs or EXEs that have the bubbles information in it.

[mcardlej]

This sounds interesting, does anyone have any more information??

Would be good to somehow invoke the bubbles from scripts as well??, This would be pretty handy in a large/medium corporate environment.

[CoffeeFiend]

This sounds interesting, does anyone have any more information??

Would be good to somehow invoke the bubbles from scripts as well??, This would be pretty handy in a large/medium corporate environment.

Yes you can. You could make a app that would do just that in whatever programming of your choice, it's actually not that hard (although you'll most likely have to use SubClassing, and use the Shell_NotifyIcon API).

[mcardlej]

Sounds good, but i'm no programming expert, i've had a quick look around the web for a tutorial/FAQ but can't seem to come up with anything.

Any links that may come in handy?

[CoffeeFiend]

Unfortunately, I don't. It's not like a batchfile or something like that one can learn in 5 minutes either. Handling WM_'s can be tricky at times (subclassing in general), and lots of times your app will crash when debugging (because of the hooks). You also need the general knowledge of making API calls... It's not extremely complicated but it might not be a 5 minute project for a beginner either.

[CoffeeFiend]

If there is a decent amount of interested persons... I might get around to code something quick for it. It all depends on the feedback

[mcardlej]

Sounds good to me. I thought perhaps this kind of thing may have already been done.

[jb3rry]

I think it would be great to be able to make custom messages on certian information bubbles. I have some experience programming but not sure where to make the hooks etc....and would love to be able to so it during the unattended install set ups.

[yuha]

Not exactly sure it this is what you asked for.

To show a tip in the taskbar you could AutoIt. It is simple

Here is a quick sample script.

;Only one copy loads
$G_SZVERSION = "V1"
If WinExists($G_SZVERSION) Then Exit 
AutoItWinSetTitle($G_SZVERSION)

;$CmdLine[0] contains number of arguments
;CmdLine[1] contains the first argument
TrayTip("Title here", $CmdLine[1], 5, 1)
Sleep(9999)
TrayTip("clears tip from tray","",0)
TrayTip("", $CmdLine[1], 5)
Sleep(9999)

Call it lets says tip.au3

Compile the script into an executable and use it in your command script.

Attached is the compiled au3 script. Use it like

tip "Some information here"

where tip is the compiled executable and "Some information here" is the information to display.

Hope it helps.

Start here if you are new to AutoIt.

AutoIt Home

Tip.exe

[`Felix`]

You can change a number of them by using reshack and opening explorer.exe

[mcardlej]

Attached is the compiled au3 script. Use it like

tip "Some information here"

where tip is the compiled executable and "Some information here" is the information to display.

Hope it helps.

Start here if you are new to AutoIt.

AutoIt Home

@yuha

That was absolutely excellent, thats for the post!

Very easy to use and a great answer...

One more question for you, is it possible to associate a program with the bubble that is displayed, so you can click the bubble and it loads the associated program. Much the way windows uses bubbles as default...?

Maybe there is even a way to change the icon that is displayed also?? Just a couple of ideas...