Custom context menu for the trayIcon element - is it possible?

Question

.NET

_________________________________
(_________________________________)
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| menu item 1 |
| ________________________________ |
| menu item 2 |
| ________________________________ |
| menu item 3 |
| ________________________________ |
| menu item 4 |
| ________________________________ |
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(__________________________ _____)
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tray [ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ] | 17:44 |
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The designer came up with such a wonderful menu. + gradients in each option, + some graphics, + rounded corners
Platform: .net3.5
I wrote the first version of the software, but they managed with standard controls
. I don’t have much experience with custom ones under .net.
is it realistic to do? custom context menu for the trayIcon element?
Don't let the designer get killed, help him get it on!

Answer 1

Who, if not a designer, should know what usability is. And the creation of multi-colored tray menus only complicates perception. Well, if this is not the game "Paint the tray menu." And programmers have to play suborbny games.

Answer 2

Perhaps, if you catch the menu rendering event and programmatically draw your own. But mouse coordinates are simpler, it seems to me.