how to set trayicon visible in a service app in win7 ?

[sibad_sh]

In xp/2003, when the service app starts, the trayicon will be visible, however in win7, the same application, the trayicon is missing, could you tell me how to solve the problem, thank you very much!

[Norrit]

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[toby702]

If you can, then I can help you solve yours...

[sibad_sh]

Sorry for my unclear description! Thanks for your enthusiasm.

I used the official sample "DelphiXX\source\Win32\db\ScktSrvr.dpr"
Delphi 2007

the demo could describe the problem.

In XP, the trayicon is correct; however in win7 it doesn't work.

[vcldeveloper]

You should not run user interface stuff in a Windows service. It is not recommended. In Windows 7 you don't see such a tray icon because windows 7 runs services in a different session.

If you want to have graphical interface, divide your application into to parts:
1- Windows Service.
2- Service Manager.

Your service manager can be a simple GUI application which communicates with your Windows service, using one of the available IPC methods (e.g. Pipes). Your Windows service won't interact with the user directly. It will communicate with your service manager app using IPC or if it needs to log something (e.g. an error message) it uses Windows Events Viewer.

[mdixon7610]

Is it missing, or is it just hidden by default as are all other notification icons? In other words, if you click the arrow does it show in the customize window?