Is256ColorTrayIconAllowed function System Information routines

Unit

acUtils

Declaration

function Is256ColorTrayIconAllowed: Boolean; // returns True if WinXP or higher

Description

The Is256ColorTrayIconAllowed function helps to determinate whether current OS allows to show 256-color icons in the system tray area.

Note

As you may know, operating systems such as Win95, Win98, WinNT and Win2000 can only display 16 colors when you write icons to the system tray, however WinME and WinXP can display 256 color icons.

Original code

function Is256ColorTrayIconAllowed: Boolean;

begin

Result := not (GetOS in [os95, os95OSR2, os98, os98SE, osNT3, osNT4, os2K]);

end;

See also

Icon, Icon16 and ImageList properties of acTrayIcon component.

IsNT, IsWin2k and GetOS functions; acSystemInfo component.