NotifyIcon.BalloonTipText Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Forms

Assembly:

System.Windows.Forms.dll

Gets or sets the text to display on the balloon tip associated with the NotifyIcon.

public:
 property System::String ^ BalloonTipText { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };

public string BalloonTipText { get; set; }

member this.BalloonTipText : string with get, set

Public Property BalloonTipText As String

Property Value

String

The text to display on the balloon tip associated with the NotifyIcon.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use the BalloonTipTitle, BalloonTipText, and BalloonTipIcon properties. To run this example, paste the example code into a Windows Form that contains a NotifyIcon named notifyIcon1. Call SetBalloonTip from the form's constructor or Load event-handling method.

private void SetBalloonTip()
{
    notifyIcon1.Icon = SystemIcons.Exclamation;
    notifyIcon1.BalloonTipTitle = "Balloon Tip Title";
    notifyIcon1.BalloonTipText = "Balloon Tip Text.";
    notifyIcon1.BalloonTipIcon = ToolTipIcon.Error;
    this.Click += new EventHandler(Form1_Click);
}

void Form1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) 
{
    notifyIcon1.Visible = true;
    notifyIcon1.ShowBalloonTip(30000);
}

Private Sub SetBalloonTip()
    notifyIcon1.Icon = SystemIcons.Exclamation
    notifyIcon1.BalloonTipTitle = "Balloon Tip Title"
    notifyIcon1.BalloonTipText = "Balloon Tip Text."
    notifyIcon1.BalloonTipIcon = ToolTipIcon.Error

End Sub

Sub Form1_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) _
    Handles Me.Click

    notifyIcon1.Visible = True
    notifyIcon1.ShowBalloonTip(30000)

End Sub