WPF NotifyIcon problems

Question

Hi i have some parser error when im trying to add icon to NotifyIcon. This one works fine:

System.Windows.Forms.NotifyIcon ni = new System.Windows.Forms.NotifyIcon();

ni.Icon = new System.Drawing.Icon("C:\\Users\\Daniel\\Documents\\Visual Studio
2012\\Projects\\Pies\\Pies\\main.ico");

But when I'm trying to do it in this way:

ni.Icon = new System.Drawing.Icon("main.ico");

It returns some strange ParserError. I added main.ico to the project. When im adding images in xaml I'm just using "/image/image.jpg" but this don't want to work in this way. Do yuo know why ?

That "strange ParserError" probably reads like Greek to you and you have absolutely no idea what it means. But tells *us* exactly what the problem is. Best to not assume we'll be as confuzzled about the error message as you are. — Hans Passant, Jan 31 '14 at 01:27
If yuo want to see all error msg, go to VS2012>new project>wpf C#, add some icon, copy those 2 lanes into public MainWindow(). — Finchsize, Jan 31 '14 at 10:17

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:21

Notice, that you are trying to use WinForms control in WPF project. And icon class from WinForms doesn't support pack URIs.

Since you want to store your image in your assembly, you can't get it as WinForms Icon easily. WPF usually works with ImageSource class and you can convert it to WF icon (How can I convert BitmapImage to Icon?), but I would call it pain.

NotifyIcon is not implemented in WPF, so I suggest to try this solution.

More detais: Can I use NotifyIcon in WPF?

123 456 789 0 · Answer 2 · 2014-01-31T00:19:10.267

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Why don't you add the .ico file in your solution and point the reference to it something like this

Try doing this

ni.Icon = new System.Drawing.Icon(@"pack://application:,,,/Icon/main.ico");

edited Jan 31 '14 at 00:19

answered Jan 31 '14 at 00:10

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It gives me same error: XamlParseException, I have added this ison already as project icon. – Finchsize Jan 31 '14 at 00:16
I should replace this commas with something or just copy like that? In this format it's return still same error as before. – Finchsize Jan 31 '14 at 00:21
Anyway i just dont want it to be static string because when I send this app for anybody it cant be run. – Finchsize Jan 31 '14 at 00:25
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa970069(v=vs.110).aspx – 123 456 789 0 Jan 31 '14 at 00:28
Thanks, anyway this post is a duplicate i flagged it already. Sorry for duplicating. – Finchsize Jan 31 '14 at 00:36

WPF NotifyIcon problems

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