Java System Tray Question.

[Mike A]

Mark H. Nichols wrote:
> Mike,
>
> On Oct 29, 2009, at 12:52 PM, Mike A wrote:
>
>   
>> Hi
>>
>> I am running Ubuntu 9.04 and Java 1.6.0_0.  I tried to run a Java app
>> that uses the System Tray (Notification bar) on Gnome. It failed. I
>> wrote the following simple test.
>>
>> ----------------------------
>> package myapp;
>> import java.awt.*;
>>
>> public class Main {
>>
>>    public static void main(String[] args) {
>>        if (SystemTray.isSupported()) {
>>            System.out.println("It is supported!");
>>        } else {
>>            System.out.println("It is not supported!");
>>        }
>>    }
>> }
>>
>> -----------------------------------
>> It returned "It is not supported!"
>> Anybody know what is wrong?
>>     
>
> I don't know what is wrong. But you might look at this and see if it  
> helps, or points you in the right direction: http://weblogs.java.net/blog/alexfromsun/archive/2008/02/jtrayicon_updat.html
>
> Mark
>
>   
Mark

Thanks for the reply. I read the reference you gave and thought Ubuntu 
9.04 distro might not have the updates it mentioned. Since I do all Java 
development in netbeans, I installed the latest netbeans/java bundle. 
Now my test program indicates that the System Tray is supported.

Mike