How do I make my program minimize to the system tray?

[Fuzz13]

I'm working on a project that will continually run in the background but I want it to minimize to the system tray so it doesn't take up room on the task bar. I added a notification icon that adds its icon to the system tray and this code that is supposed to hide the form when it is minimized:

private void Form1_Resize(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
        {
            if (WindowState == FormWindowState.Minimized)
                Hide();
}
 

But when the program is minimized it just goes to my task bar. I'm not certain that it is actually tied to my forms resize event, my form is named "Form1" but it seems like it might not actually recognize that it is supposed to be tied to it. Any suggestions on how to minimize the program to the system tray and remove it from the task bar while its hidden?

[Fuzz13]

I'm pretty sure its not actually associating itself with my minimize event because when I add the hide() to a button click it hides it from my task bar and puts it in my system tray.

[GaryTexmo]

What is the value of the ShowInTaskbar property on your form? It should be set to false for this application :)

[Fuzz13]

It is set to true. I want it to be visible on the taskbar if the program window is up for user interaction. When I turn the value to false then minimize the program it just hovers the taskbar in a collapsed window it doesn't minimize to the system tray like it is supposed to.

When you double click a button in the design view it pulls up the click event code. How can I similarly pull up the window resize event code?

[GaryTexmo]

Oh, in the designer select your form. There's a little lightning bolt there, click that for the list of events. Find the one for Resize and double click the text entry. It'll create an event handler for you, or you can click from a drop-down to select any existing methods that match the required signature.

Sorry, I thought you already had this since you had the Resize method posted in your original post.

Also, you should still use ShowInTaskbar for this, but it would replace the call to Hide() in what you have right now. By this I mean, when you minimize you set the property to false. When you restore, set it to true.

[Fuzz13]

Sorry about the confusion. In the tutorial I read on it they provided the code for the event but for some reason my programs don't recognize it if I don't actually signal the event, if I type for a buttons action to occur it doesn't occur unless I actually click the button to force the code in. Here's what I'm struggling with.

I have a button called "Hide". When I click the hide button my code says:

Hide();
 

and that's all. When I launch my program it shows up in the system tray and on the task bar, then when I click my "hide" button the form is no longer visible on my task bar or on the screen as a window, but is present in my system tray still. When I then have this code present that is supposed to capture the event if i minimize my form it just minimizes the window and leaves it on my task bar which I can only assume means that my event is not matching the code I have that is supposed to tell it what to do:

private void Form1_Resize(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            if (WindowState == FormWindowState.Minimized)
            {
                HideTheForm();
                ShowInTaskbar = false;
            }
        }
 

The solution that got it working was to click that lightening bolt you mentioned then choose "SizeChange d" and choose "Form1_Resi zed" that got it working correctly. Thank you for helping me figure this out.