in reply to System tray application

Yes and yes.

ddg://gtk2 systray trayer - Lightweight, GTK2-based systray for UNIX desktop
Gtk2::Window 
'skip-pager-hint' (boolean : readable / writable / private)
    TRUE if the window should not be in the pager. 
'skip-taskbar-hint' (boolean : readable / writable / private)
    TRUE if the window should not be in the task bar.

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Win32::SysTray

build-gtk-glib-post.PL ought to still work

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Re^2: System tray application
by chessgui (Scribe) on Jan 29, 2012 at 18:28 UTC
    Thank you, these are very useful links.

    Win32::SysTray I could put to work: 
    use strict;
        use Win32::SysTray;
        
        my $tray = new Win32::SysTray (
                'icon' => '/Icons/Application.ico',
                'single' => 1,
        ) or exit 0;
        
        $tray->setMenu (
                "> &Test" => sub { print "Hello from the Tray\n"; },
                ">-"      => 0,
                "> E&xit" => sub { return -1 },
        ); 
        
        $tray->runApplication;

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    Also I have found an example where with Win32::GUI the entire taskbar can be hidden: 
    use Win32::GUI;

my $taskbar = Win32::GUI::FindWindow("Shell_TrayWnd", "");

Win32::GUI::Hide($taskbar);

sleep(3);

Win32::GUI::Show($taskbar);

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    Since building Gtk2 may be beyond my capabilities on the other hand Win32::GUI is already available and seems to have similar capabilities I ask:

    Is it possible by using pure Win32::GUI to switch off the taskbar icon for an app?

    update: build-gtk-glib-post.PL fails: 
    Can't open gtk_bundle/lib/pkgconfig/libglade-2.0.pc: No such file or d
+irectory.
Error GETing http://www.gtk.org/download-windows.html: Not Found at gt
+kinst.pl line 113

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      I would rather figure out how to compile/deploy Gtk2, than dicker with Win32::GUI

      Oh noes, the url changed, what do now? :p

      http://www.gtk.org/download/win32.php

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        After correcting the url: 
        C:\strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe -pi.orig -e s!Requires!#Requires! gtk_
+bundle/lib/pkgconfig/libglade-2.0.pc at gtkinst.pl line 178.
Can't open gtk_bundle/lib/pkgconfig/libglade-2.0.pc: No such file or d
+irectory.
Can't call method "url_abs" on an undefined value at gtkinst.pl line 1
+14.

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