Making a form flash when minimised

[Winston]

Hey guys does any of you know how to make a form flash

 

like how wen u get a new message in msn the window is flashing in the taskbar

 

i would like to know how to do this in vb.net

 

 

thanks

[dynamic_sysop]

Edited, see below:) Edited March 26, 2003 by dynamic_sysop

[dynamic_sysop]

Ok i've made a sample for .NET , this code i made and it's not a vb6 code:) , the timer i have set to 700 in this case.

    Private Declare Function FlashWindow Lib "user32" _
     (ByVal hwnd As Integer, _
      ByVal bInvert As Boolean) As Long

   Private Sub Timer1_Tick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Timer1.Tick
       Call FlashWindow(Me.Handle.ToInt32, True)
   End Sub

   Protected Overrides Sub OnResize(ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
       If Me.WindowState = FormWindowState.Minimized Then
           Timer1.Enabled = True
       Else
           Timer1.Enabled = False
       End If
   End Sub

enjoy:)

[Winston]

wow thank u heaps

[Nerseus]

For the record, I *hate* when windows flash. I turned the option off in XP because it annoyed me. The only time I find it acceptable is on a LONG-running process to alert me that it's done or when I've set a breakpoint in VS.NET and it hits but a form is on top (then the IDE flashes so that I can tell it's on the breakpoint and not still running).

 

That's just my opinion - maybe you've got a good reason to want to flash.

 

-Nerseus

[Winston]

For the record, I *hate* when windows flash. I turned the option off in XP because it annoyed me. The only time I find it acceptable is on a LONG-running process to alert me that it's done or when I've set a breakpoint in VS.NET and it hits but a form is on top (then the IDE flashes so that I can tell it's on the breakpoint and not still running).

 

That's just my opinion - maybe you've got a good reason to want to flash.

 

-Nerseus

 

i see what u mean, my program is a task schedular

 

and the reminders are shown exactly like the MSN method, so yeah, once a alert pops up i cant just show a window in the taskbar without telling the user there is one coz not much average users notice something new has just popped up