>If you read the Windows Interface Guidelines for Software Design it has this to say about message boxes:
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>"...it is best to display a message box only when the window of the application displaying the message box is active. If it is not active, then the application uses its entry in the taksbar to alert the user..."
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>You can see Microsoft do this by causing a messagebox to appear in Word while it is minimized. (spell check a huge document) They cause the Word entry on the Taskbar to "flash" (the background goes from white to blue in .5 second intervals)
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>So, my question is, can anyone figure out a way to do this in Vis. FoxPro? I've tried several tricks with _SCREEN's properties, but cannot get the taskbar to change. Ideas?
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>Marty

Add timer with following code in timer event:
_screen.windowstate=1
_screen.visible=!_screen.visible
and start this timer from some place of your application