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  1. Apr 10th, 2006, 05:40 AM #1
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    [02/03] flashing taskbar in browser app

    is there a way to make the taskbar flash when in a browser app???

    Im trying to create a helpdesk type browser app. so refresh of the page it will look to see if there are any outstanding enquiries. If there are, i wondered if the taskbar could flash to warn the users?????



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  2. Apr 10th, 2006, 08:52 AM #2
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    Re: [02/03] flashing taskbar in browser app

    You can flash the titlebar/captionbar of a window or the window rectangle in the taskbar using the FlashWindow API.
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    Re: [02/03] flashing taskbar in browser app

    can you still use this when developing a web browser app, because i cant work out how to import the api in this type of project??
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    Re: [02/03] flashing taskbar in browser app

    You can place the API definition in a module or class even and make it public so its accessible throughout your project. Then call it from any form.
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