[RESOLVED] [2008] vb.net html fade-in message box

[cmmorris1]

I'm looking for a solution for this and can't figure it out. What I am looking for is a way to generate a small html message box that will fade in on the lower right hand corner of the users screen with any message that I choose.

Similar to this:

http://img517.imageshack.us/my.php?i...messagevs9.jpg

Does anyone know how to do something like this?

Chris

[cmmorris1]

Is this something I can accomplish using the NotifyIcon
in VB 2008?

Chris

[jmcilhinney]

I don't quite understand what HTML has to do with this but you can follow the Form Animator link in my signature. It was written in VB.NET 2003 but it will still work in VB 2008.

[cmmorris1]

Thanks buddy! What I am trying to accomplish is a notification window that can display full on html ad in the lower right hand corner of the end user screen.

Chris

[noahssite]

So is your thread resolved? If so Mark it as Resolved
(Basicly what my signature says...)

[cmmorris1]

Well that does give me the message box style I was looking for but doesn't give me any idea on how to make the window similar to a browser so I can use full html in the box.

[techgnome]

create a form.... put a webbrowser control on it.... use Navigate2 to point to the html file.... on the form load event, set the form's opacity to 0 (that makes it transparent) move the form where you want it and size it. Then in a loop, increase the opacity by a factor until it reaches 1. pause, then reverse the process decrementing opacity until it reaches 0.

-tg

[cmmorris1]

Thanks tg. I will try that.

Chris

[cmmorris1]

I will mark this resolved now, I think I can work with this!

Thanks for your help tg!

Chris

[jmcilhinney]

My FormAnimator class will work with any form. If you want to display a Web page on a form you just put a WebBrowser control on it.

[cmmorris1]

Thanks guys, I marked it resolved but still have a small problem getting form opacity to get to 100% in loop. I've used a timer to handle it but only gets about 50% and quits.

Chris

[jmcilhinney]

Thanks guys, I marked it resolved but still have a small problem getting form opacity to get to 100% in loop. I've used a timer to handle it but only gets about 50% and quits.

Chris

1. Like I said, my FormAnimator class will work with no need for a loop.

2. If you do want to use a loop then, if you want us to be able to work out what you're doing wrong. we'd have to know what you're doing, i.e. see your code.

[techgnome]

don't use a timer.... jsut use a simple for loop.... that's what I've done.... and then use 0.02 as the increment

Here's some code that I use...

    Public Sub FadeFormIn()
        For FormOpacity As Decimal = 0D To 1D Step 0.02D
            Me.Opacity = FormOpacity
            Me.Refresh()
            Thread.Sleep(10)
        Next
    End Sub

    Public Sub FadeFormOut()
        For FormOpacity As Decimal = 1D To 0D Step -0.02D
            Me.Opacity = FormOpacity
            Me.Refresh()
            Thread.Sleep(5)
        Next
    End Sub

needs some tweaking, but for the most part it works

-tg

[cmmorris1]

Thanks, but I get name 'thread' is not delared. where do I declare thread?

Chris

[jmcilhinney]

Thanks, but I get name 'thread' is not delared. where do I declare thread?

Chris

You don't. It's the Thread class. You have to either import the System.Threading namespace or else qualify the class name in code, i.e. Threading.Thread.

[cmmorris1]

That code constantly fades in and out.

Chris

[jmcilhinney]

That code constantly fades in and out.

Chris

That code does exactly what it says it does. The FadeFormIn method fades the form in and the FadeFormOut method fades the form out. I've already told you once that, to see what you're doing wrong, we need to see what you're doing. Still we see no code.

Of course, if you'd just used my FormAnimator class in the first place...

[cmmorris1]

Works Perfectly!

Cheers and Thank You!

Chris