diff -r 000000000000 -r c9bf2537109a ait/os/bin/opensecurityd/opensecurity-tray.py
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/ait/os/bin/opensecurityd/opensecurity-tray.py	Tue Nov 12 11:31:34 2013 +0100
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+#!/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------
+# opensecurity-dialog
+# 
+# an opensecurity dialog
+#
+# Autor: Oliver Maurhart, <oliver.maurhart@ait.ac.at>
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2013 AIT Austrian Institute of Technology
+# AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH
+# Donau-City-Strasse 1 | 1220 Vienna | Austria
+# http://www.ait.ac.at
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation version 2.
+# 
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+# 
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, 
+# Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+# ------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------
+# imports
+
+import argparse
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+from PyQt4 import QtCore
+from PyQt4 import QtGui
+
+# local
+from environment import Environment
+
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------
+# code
+
+
+class OpenSecurityTrayIcon(QtGui.QSystemTrayIcon):
+    
+    """This is the OpenSecuirty Tray Icon"""
+
+    def __init__(self, icon, parent=None):
+        
+        super(OpenSecurityTrayIcon, self).__init__(icon, parent)
+        
+        # define the tray icon menu
+        menu = QtGui.QMenu(parent)
+        self.setContextMenu(menu)
+        
+        cAcLaunch = menu.addAction(QtGui.QIcon(QtGui.QPixmapCache.find('opensecurity_icon_64')), 'Lauch Application')
+        menu.addSeparator()
+        cAcExit = menu.addAction("Exit")
+        
+        cAcLaunch.triggered.connect(self.clicked_launch_application)
+        cAcExit.triggered.connect(self.clicked_exit)
+        
+        
+    def clicked_exit(self):
+        """clicked exit"""
+        sys.exit(0)
+    
+
+    def clicked_launch_application(self):
+        """clicked the launch an application"""
+        dlg_launch_image = os.path.join(sys.path[0], 'launch.py')
+        process_command = [sys.executable, dlg_launch_image]
+        process = subprocess.Popen(process_command, shell = False)
+        process.communicate()
+            
+
+def main():
+    
+    app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
+
+    # prebuild the pixmap cache: fetch all jpg, png and jpeg images and load them
+    data_path = Environment("opensecurity").image_path
+    for file in os.listdir(data_path):
+        if file.lower().rpartition('.')[2] in ('jpg', 'png', 'jpeg'):
+            QtGui.QPixmapCache.insert(file.lower().rpartition('.')[0], QtGui.QPixmap(os.path.join(data_path, file)))
+
+    w = QtGui.QWidget()
+    trayIcon = OpenSecurityTrayIcon(QtGui.QIcon(QtGui.QPixmapCache.find('opensecurity_icon_64')), w)
+
+    trayIcon.show()
+    sys.exit(app.exec_())
+   
+
+# start
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
+