Notification Library for Windows

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I'm developing a small tray-icon application for Windows and I need to display non-intrusive visual notifications similar to those that appear when you receive a new message in MSN Messenger or any other IM application.

I have looked at Snarl, but it seems to be a separate application that I need to install. I want something that could be bundled with my application in one installer, a library.

Which one do you recommend?

Python support is a huge plus.

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 06 '14 at 23:49

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You can do it by depending on a GUI library.

For example, with PyQt,it is possible :

PyQt QSystemTrayIcon Documentation
QSystemTrayIcon Class Reference
Example of QSystemTrayIcon (in C++, easy to adapt to python)

edited Jun 06 '14 at 23:49

patricktokeeffe

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answered Dec 08 '08 at 15:20

Philippe F

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 05 '08 at 17:28

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I wrote one for .NET for the Genghis project (link here) a while back. Looks like it is over at MS CodePlex now. Look for the "AniForm" class. Here is a screenshot.

It has more of an older MSN Messenger look and feel but should get you started.

answered Dec 05 '08 at 17:28

Mike Marshall

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 05 '08 at 17:53

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Are you developing the application in Python? It depends what GUI toolkit you're using.

If you're using wxPython, you could try ToasterBox, or the wxPopupWindow.

answered Dec 05 '08 at 17:53

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 05 '08 at 17:35

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You don't need anyhting. Just use toasters windows with Win32 api

answered Dec 05 '08 at 17:35

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