taskbar

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How can you make a program's button in the taskbar blink? (As a warning message)

[Static]

in mod:

Public Declare Function FlashWindow _
Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long, _
ByVal bInvert As Long) As Long

in a timer...(about 500 or so for the interval)

a& = FlashWindow(Me.hwnd, 1)

[smh]

I tried your example, and I am getting the following error:

Compile error:
Wrong number of arguements or invalid property assignment.

[smh]

OK, so I can't read (or spell for that matter). My mind is not here today. Sorry....

[smh]

Ok, so I am not getting any errors now, but how can I change the color of the button to another color, such as red?

[Static]

I believe that has to do with the windows color settings...
it should be pulling the active titlebar color...I think

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but the smaller the number ... the faster the button should flash, right? I have changed the number from 1 to 25 to 500, and it always seems to flash at the same rate...about once a minute. Any suggestions...I want it to flash faster.

(Change Public to Private)
Try this:

Private Declare Function FlashWindow Lib "user32" _
(ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal bInvert As Long) As Long

'True = Flash
'False = No Flash

Private Sub Timer1_Timer()
     FlashWindow Form1.hWnd, True
End Sub

[smh]

Still turns on for a minute, turns off for a minute.

smh, 1 is the fastest you will get with a timer.
Perhaps, a Do...Loop will satisfy your needs?

Private Sub Command1_Click()
Do
FlashWindow Form1.hWnd, True
DoEvents
Loop
End Sub

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Thanks

[Krass]

I tried this function. It doesn't work the way I want it to work. This code will make the caption bar of the current form blink.

What I want is the button of the entire application, on Windows' taskbar at the bottom, to flash. How can this be done?

Thanks