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Anton
Anton

Reputation: 542

Taskbaricon Blinking Effect

I'm trying to archive the blinking effect as shown in the image with my C# main form. I've Googled a lot and I've seen that it is possible with System.Windows.Shell and TaskbarItemInfo. This seems much more easy than downloading and importing those dlls.

I know how to make a new TaskbarItemInfo, but I don't know how I can connect it to the main form.

Any suggestions how I can do this with the System.Windows.Shell reference?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 3588

Answers (1)

Astro Penguin
Astro Penguin

Reputation: 191

Cant See the image..are you talking about the windows 7 blinking effect

To make a new TaskbarItemInfo:

public TaskbarItemInfo TaskbarItemInfo { get; set; }

    public Form1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();

        this.TaskbarItemInfo = new TaskbarItemInfo();//
    }

But I prefer this:

using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

    [DllImport("user32.dll")]
    public static extern int FlashWindow(IntPtr Hwnd, bool Revert); 

    // check if window is minimised

    private void Form4_Resize(object sender, EventArgs e)

    {

         if (this.WindowState == FormWindowState.Minimized)

             FlashWindow(this.Handle, false);

    }

This should work..

Also // Flash window until it recieves focus FlashWindow.Flash(this);

// Flash window 5 times FlashWindow.Flash(this, 5);

// Start Flashing "Indefinately" FlashWindow.Start(this);

// Stop the "Indefinate" Flashing FlashWindow.Stop(this);

Upvotes: 1

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