how to create its own tray(system tray) in QT application

**Santosh Reddy** · 29th August 2013, 11:39

I am afraid Qt does not have anything which will enable to do this directly. Qt can help to show the tray, icons and other menu operations but, you will have to use windows native APIs to have control the application (like minimize/maximize) and also get native events when applications are minimized/maximized.

I hope you not looking at cross platfrom system tray

**Soumya Somasekhar Ram** · 30th August 2013, 05:34

Ok. Then, can i get the minimized window from the task bar of the OS? I need the code for getting the minimised window when the user clicks a particular button.
Can u help me?
Thanks for your valuable reply.

**wysota** · 30th August 2013, 06:47

Originally Posted by Soumya Somasekhar Ram

Ok. Then, can i get the minimized window from the task bar of the OS? I need the code for getting the minimised window when the user clicks a particular button.
Can u help me?
Thanks for your valuable reply.

How about you tell us what you are trying to get implemented?

**Santosh Reddy** · 30th August 2013, 07:54

Ok. Then, can i get the minimized window from the task bar of the OS? I need the code for getting the minimised window when the user clicks a particular button.
Can u help me?

Like I said earlier Qt does not have anything directly to help you in this case.

Take a look at this article which will help you do this using .NET Windows Hooks in the .NET Framework. It also gives an examples towards the end.

**Soumya Somasekhar Ram** · 2nd September 2013, 06:53

Can I open the minimized window using Qt?
There are several links in my QT application,like word,excel etc.
Can I check whether they are minimized or not?
When the user clicks a particular button, the minimized window should be opened.
How can we recognize that the particular application is minimized or closed?
can u help my to do this?
Thanks for your replies...