Add Icon Badge

Targets macOS
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http://documentation.xojo.com/index.php/Application.DockItem

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for the toolbar you could simply change the icon for the toolbar item and add a badge to the picture.

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I know this is OS X channel, but these also exists on WIndows (copy more than one file in the Explorer and you will get the number of files).

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For archive sake; here’s how to set the badge on the dock icon using declares.

[code]Public Sub dockBadgeLabel(assigns value as string)
#if targetmacOS then
// — Code created by Sam Rowlands - Ohanaware.com

declare function NSClassFromString lib "Foundation" ( ClassName as CFStringRef ) as integer
declare function sharedApplication lib "AppKit" selector "sharedApplication" ( classRef as integer ) as integer
declare function getDockTile       lib "AppKit" selector "dockTile" ( NSApplicationInstance as integer ) as integer
declare sub      setBadgeLabel     lib "AppKit" selector "setBadgeLabel:" ( NSDockTileInstance as integer, NSStringValue as CFStringRef )
setBadgeLabel( getDockTile( sharedApplication( NSClassFromString( "NSApplication" ) ) ), value )

#endif
End Sub[/code]

Then simply use code like below.

dockBadgeLabel = "Testing"

Edit: This will give you consistent badges on your application icons within the macOS Dock.