Oh, your users will hate you. Change the background color of the textbox. Popup a dialog. Do something other than flashing.
>I want to create an object of any sort which flashes on a screen - the object of the exercise is to alert the user to look at the contests of a particular text field
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>How can I do this?
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>Thanks
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>Colin
Craig Berntson
MCSD, Microsoft .Net MVP, Grape City Community Influencer