Calling trayIcon.displayMessage() from method

Asked May 12 '13 at 17:18

Active May 12 '13 at 20:23

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I know below way to show a balloon message:

something.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
        trayIcon.displayMessage("Tray", "Icon", TrayIcon.MessageType.INFO);
    }
});

But is there any way to call trayIcon.displayMessage() from a method?

void showMsg(){
trayIcon.displayMessage("Tray", "Icon", TrayIcon.MessageType.INFO);
}

doesn't work and I have no idea what to do next.

This is how I created trayIcon:

if (SystemTray.isSupported()) {
        SystemTray tray = SystemTray.getSystemTray();
        PopupMenu popup = new PopupMenu();
        windowItem = new MenuItem("Show");
        MenuItem openSettings = new MenuItem("Settings");
        MenuItem areaShot = new MenuItem("sth");
        MenuItem fullShot = new MenuItem("sth");
        MenuItem aboutItem = new MenuItem("About");
        MenuItem exitItem = new MenuItem("Exit");
        popup.add(windowItem);
        popup.add(openSettings);
        popup.addSeparator();
        popup.add(areaShot);
        popup.add(fullShot);
        popup.add(aboutItem);
        popup.add(exitItem);
        trayIcon = new TrayIcon(image, "App", popup);
        trayIcon.setImageAutoSize(true);
}

edited May 12 '13 at 20:23

mKorbel

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asked May 12 '13 at 17:18

ahoj pepiczki

Is this all the code you can provide? – Tdorno May 12 '13 at 17:19
Added code with creating trayIcon. Anything else needed? – ahoj pepiczki May 12 '13 at 17:21
Does the code compile? – Tdorno May 12 '13 at 17:42
Of course it does, the whole program works great, but now I need to show a message and the least invasive way to do this is a balloon message. – ahoj pepiczki May 12 '13 at 17:44
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You might check [here](http://stackoverflow.com/a/12707482/230513) or [nearby](http://stackoverflow.com/search?q=user%3A714968+SystemTray). – trashgod May 12 '13 at 18:08
Making TrayIcon static helped and now displayMessage() works everywhere. – ahoj pepiczki May 12 '13 at 18:35

Calling trayIcon.displayMessage() from method

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