ASTC 1.50

ASTC 1.50 enables your VB, VC++, C#, VB.NET, or other COM environment applications to add four powerful functionality to your applications.

ASTC was designed specifically for developers who wish to display icons in the system tray. It includes the ability to creates a custom animated icon in your task bar, you can also shows balloon tool tips in the systray, you can also subclass any window to process the unavailable messages from Visual Basic, and at last you can manage all system tray icons from your application.

ASTC is four ActiveX controls in one Control

• Tray icon ActiveX Control enables you to place your application in the system tray, creates a custom animated icon in your task bar, shows balloon tool tips in systray and more...
• Tray List ActiveX Control enables you to manage all system tray icons from your application; you can also hide any icon from system tray area.
• SubClass ActiveX Control enables you to subclass any window to process the unavailable messages from Visual Basic. Subclassing is a powerful technique that allows you to modify the normal behavior of the controls and forms in your application. Visual Basic makes some, but not the entire messages available through the event system. The subclass ActiveX control enables you to process all the hidden messages which are actually very useful.
• Balloon ActiveX Control enables you to add a professional popup balloons to your application in seconds. Works with Win 98 and up

What are the Benefits of using ASTC?

• Save your development time and costs.
• ASTC gives you more focus in the main idea of your application.
• It is not necessary to know API to code all the cool features that ASTC offer for you.
• You will not worry about how to code these features in the .Net, hence it will give you more focus in how to learn and use the .Net itself.
• You can add more features to your applications using the subclass [without crashes and debug safe].
• The ASTC 1.50 installer package contains samples code of using the four controls in the following languages Vb6.0, VC++6.0, VB.Net, VC#.NET and VJ#.NET.
• FREE version-upgrades, bug-fixes and online support for registered users.
  

Major Features:

1. Tray Icon ActiveX Control Features:
   • Display/Hide your application icon in system Tray area.
   • Creates a custom animated icon in your taskbar.
   • Assign a tooltip for the icon.
   • Check the current state of the icon [visible or invisible].
   • Display a balloon tooltip in system tray even displaying on win9x.
   • Change the icon and tooltip in run time.
   • Ability to assign a popup menu for a particular event happens to the icon.
   • Track Popup menu so whenever your program lost focus the icon popup menu will be closed.
   • Show more than one icon in the system tray.
   • Supports custom events for the icon [LeftMouseUp, RightMouseUp etc...]
2. Tray List ActiveX Control Features:
   • Get all the information about the system tray icons [Application path, uID, Hwnd, hicon, tooltip, ucallbackmessage etc...];  
   • Hide any icon from system tray area.
3. SubClass ActiveX Control Features:
   • Intercepting Windows messages that your program normally wouldn't receive, so it extends your ability to process more windows messages and add new features to your application.
4. Balloon ActiveX Control Features:
   • Assign a balloon tooltip to a particular control or a window.
   • Customize the balloon BackColor and ForeColor.
   • Customize the Balloon Style [Balloon or Rectangle].
   • Custom events associated with the balloon [BalloonHide, BalloonLeftClick, BalloonRightClick and BalloonShow.