import wx
from wx.lib.embeddedimage import PyEmbeddedImage

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------

norm = PyEmbeddedImage( 
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    "SUVORK5CYII=" )

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------

class MainWindow( wx.Frame ) :
    
    def __init__( self, *args, **kwargs ) :
        
        wx.Frame.__init__( self, *args, **kwargs )
        self.BackgroundColour = (220, 240, 240)
        
        #----
        
        #icon_graphic = norm.GetIcon()
        self.tbIcon = wx.TaskBarIcon()
        #self.tbIcon.SetIcon( icon_graphic, "I am an Icon" )
        self.tbIcon.SetIcon( norm.GetIcon(), "I am an Icon" )

        # add taskbar icon event.
        # The 2 following statements seem to do the same thing.
        wx.EVT_TASKBAR_RIGHT_UP( self.tbIcon, self.OnClose )
        #self.tbIcon.Bind( wx.EVT_TASKBAR_RIGHT_UP, self.OnClose )
        
        # Make sure all other app close events remove the tbIcon
        # See what happen when you comment out the next statement.
        self.Bind( wx.EVT_CLOSE, self.OnClose )
        
    #end __init__

    #---------------------------------
    
    def OnClose( self, event ) :
        """ All close events must destroy the icon. """
        
        self.tbIcon.Destroy()   # remove icon from the "System Tray" (this is NOT the Taskbar)
        wx.Exit()               # close the entire app.
        
    #end def
    

#==============================================================================

app = wx.App( redirect=False )
win = MainWindow( None ).Show()
app.MainLoop()