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How to make a form label blink?
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27/11/1998 20:00:23
 
 
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27/11/1998 18:28:11
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Visual FoxPro
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Coding, syntax & commands
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00161952
Message ID:
00162063
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>>How does one make a label blink? I belive that you have to add a number to the RGB values, but I can't locate the documentation.
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>What Barbara said! One of the few things I liked about going from DOS to Windows™ was the fact that very annoying blinking dodahs were virtually eliminated by the Windows™ architecture.
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>If you must blink something -- blink the background, not the foreground. Most users find this less obtrusive. I usually just toggle between an opaque and transparent background style. This is enough "movement" to alert the uer without driving him/her nuts.
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>regards,


According to Windows standards, blinking is not permitted. The only thing that should ever blink is the program name in the Windows task bar...and then only when the application needs attention.
Craig Berntson
MCSD, Microsoft .Net MVP, Grape City Community Influencer
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