Flashing in the TaskBar

The windows guidlines state ...

Rather than flashing the button continually, you can flash the window button
only a limited number of times (for example, three), then leave the button
in the highlighted state, as shown in Figure 11.2. This lets users know
there is still a pending message.

From what i have been able to gather, flashing itself is very easy (Just call the Flash method on the windows form.)

To leave the button in the highlighted state, I resorted resorted to using the user32.dll method call FlashWindow() ... this was the code added ...

using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
public static extern int FlashWindow(IntPtr hWnd, bool state);

These are the existing Flash methods in the windows form ...

public void Flash();

public void Flash(int flashRate, FlashWindow flashWhat, bool continuousUntilActivated);

I propose a third

public void Flash(int flashRate, FlashWindow flashWhat, bool continuousUntilActivated, bool leaveHighlighted);

Note the last bool ...

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Flashing in the TaskBar

KarthikChennappan
Thinking about the a little bit more ... I propose adding another argument ... flashTimes. I think this would then embody all that is needed.

public void Flash(int flashRate, int flashTimes, FlashWindow flashWhat, bool continuousUntilActivated, bool leaveHighlighted);
vizca
Hi can you please explain how you make the Title in the taskbar to flash. I dont understand what you have put so far. Thanks
Flashing in the TaskBar

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