The main purpose of AeTrayMenu is that it may be redistributed for use in other software packages. You are completely free to use it both in commercial and non-commercial packages (see the License Agreement). There are a couple of technical and non-technical issues you may consider when redistributing AeTrayMenu:
Files You Need
Since all thirdparty libraries AeTrayMenu uses are linked to the executable, you'll only need to include the following files:
- The AeTrayMenu executable - If you want, you can rename the executable to suit your wishes and needs.
- The configuration file - In most cases, it's the most convenient to name this file
<name of the AeTrayMenu executable>.ini
.
- An imagelist bitmap - You must specify the filename of this bitmap in the
ImageList
directive. You could name this file <name of the AeTrayMenu executable>.dat
.
- If you have specified one or more sidebar images in the [Menu.*.Settings] sections, you'll have to include those bitmaps as well.
Installing the Traymenu
The program doesn't need a special installation, but you might consider the following:
- Be sure to close the traymenu using the
-quit
command-line parameter if there's a chance that your installer will attempt to overwrite the traymenu's executable while it's running.
- If you want the traymenu to run at Windows startup, you can place a shortcut in the Startup folder in the Start menu. You can also use the
HKEY_LOCALMACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
registry key (or the same key under HKEY_CURRENT_USER
).
The About Box
As you've probably seen, you can easily leave AeTrayMenu's About box out of the traymenu. You're allowed to do so, but I would appreciate it if you'd put a menu item with the about
action somewhere.

See Also
License Agreement
[Config]: ImageList
Command-line parameters