Extra NotifyIcon shown in system tray
- by Kettch19
I'm having an issue with an app where my NotifyIcon displays an extra icon. The steps to reproduce it are easy, but the problem is that the extra icon shows up after any of the actual codebehind we've added fires. Put simply, clicking a button triggers execution of method FooBar() which runs all the way through fine but its primary duty is to fire a backgroundworker to log into another of our apps. It only appears if this particular button is clicked.
Strangely enough, we have a WndProc method override and if I step through until the extra NotifyIcon appears, it always appears during this method so something else beyond the codebehind must be triggering the behavior. Our WndProc method is currently (although I don't think it's caused by the WndProc):
Protected Overrides Sub WndProc(ByRef m As System.Windows.Forms.Message)
'Check for WM_COPYDATA message from other app or drag/drop action and handle message
If m.Msg = NativeMethods.WM_COPYDATA Then
' get the standard message structure from lparam
Dim CD As NativeMethods.COPYDATASTRUCT = m.GetLParam(GetType(NativeMethods.COPYDATASTRUCT))
'setup byte array
Dim B(CD.cbData) As Byte
'copy data from memory into array
Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.Copy(New IntPtr(CD.lpData), B, 0, CD.cbData)
'Get message as string and process
ProcessWMCopyData(System.Text.Encoding.Default.GetString(B))
'empty array
Erase B
'set message result to 'true', meaning message handled
m.Result = New IntPtr(1)
End If
'pass on result and all messages not handled by this app
MyBase.WndProc(m)
End Sub
The only place in the code where the NotifyIcon in question is manipulated at all is in the following event handler (again, don't think this is the culprit, but just for more info):
Private Sub TrayIcon_MouseDoubleClick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles TrayIcon.MouseDoubleClick
If Me.Visible Then
Me.Hide()
Else
PositionBottomRight()
Me.Show()
End If
End Sub
The backgroundworker's DoWork is as follows (just a class call to log in to our other app, but again just for info):
Private Sub LoginBackgroundWorker_DoWork(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.ComponentModel.DoWorkEventArgs) Handles LoginBackgroundWorker.DoWork
Settings.IsLoggedIn = _wdService.LogOn(Settings.UserName, Settings.Password)
End Sub
Does anyone else have ideas on what might be causing this or how to possibly further debug this? I've been banging my head on this without seeing a pattern so another set of eyes would be extremely appreciated. :) I've posted this on MSDN winforms forums as well and have had no luck there so far either.
