Blinking of the background color of a textbox

[ingrid]

Dear VB programmers,

VB 5 question:

Is there any possibillity to let the background color blinking of textbox??

If yes: how do I do that?

if no: thanks for reading!

ingrid.

[Mark Sreeves]

This will flash it red 3 times

Modify it to suit your needs

Public Sub FlashControl(C As Control)
'/// ====================================================================
'/// By           : Mark Sreeves
'/// Started      : 27/04/99
'/// Description  :
'/// Parameters   :
'/// Depends on   :
'/// Side Effects : None
'/// Notes        :
'/// ====================================================================

    'this flashes the background colour of the control to draw the users attention to it
    Dim OldColor As Double
    Dim Delay As Double
    Dim X As Integer
    
    On Error Resume Next
    
    OldColor = C.BackColor
    For X = 1 To 3
        C.BackColor = QBColor(12)
        Delay = Timer
            While Timer - Delay < 0.2
                DoEvents
            Wend
        C.BackColor = OldColor
        Delay = Timer
            While Timer - Delay < 0.2
                DoEvents
            Wend
    Next X
    
End Sub

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Mark Sreeves
Analyst Programmer

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A BMW Group Company