Working with Windows Tray Notifier
To launch Windows Tray Notifier, run the Start > Programs > Windows Tray Notifier menu.
When the application started, you need to connect and log in to your server:
Specify the server's URL
Specify your credentials to log in:
When Windows Tray Notifier is launched, Status-Icons in Windows System Tray appears.
Windows Tray Notifier UI
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Status Icons
After you have launched Windows Tray Notifier and specified your TeamCity username and password, the Notifier icon showing the state of your projects and build configurations appears in Windows System Tray.
If you have no projects and build configurations to monitor, the icon represents a question mark. After you have configured a list of build configurations and projects and their state changes, the status icon changes to reflect the change as well. The table below represents these possible states.
Icon | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Build is successful |
| Build failed and nobody is investigating the failure |
| Some team member has started investigation of the build failure |
| The person who investigated the build failure has submitted a fix, but the build has not executed successfully yet |
| Build configuration is paused, and builds are not triggered automatically |
Quick View Window
When you click the Notifier icon, a Quick View window opens:
Click the results or changes links to navigate to the Build Results and Changes pages in TeamCity web interface, respectively, and investigate the desired issues deeper.
If you right-click the icon, you can access all Windows Tray Notifier features described in table below.
Option | Description |
|---|---|
Open Quick View Window | Displays the Quick View window. |
Go to "Projects" Page... | Opens the Projects tab. |
Go to "My Changes" Page... | Opens the My Changes tab. |
Configure Watched Builds... | Opens the Windows Tray Notifier settings page where you can select the build configurations to monitor and notification events. |
Auto Upgrade | Select this option to allow the program to automatically upgrade. |
Run on Startup | Select this option to automatically launch the program when windows boots. |
About | Displays the information on the program's splash screen. |
Logout | Use this function to log out of the TeamCity server. This will allow you to a different one. |
Exit | Quits the program. |
Pop-up Notification
Besides the state icons, Windows tray notifier displays pop-up alerts with a brief build results information on the particular build configurations and notification events.
When a pop-up notification appears, you can click the link in it to go the Build results page for more details and investigate the desired issues.