>>Hi Nadya,
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>>The *only* way you are going to do this is with a Timer. If you download my "Evil Bag Of Tricks" from Files, you'll see a lot of ways you can use Timers to control appearences.
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>>That being said, do you really want to implement this UI? Flashing labels are non-; no, NON- (caps intended) standard and, according to MS Windows Design Guides, unacceptable UI elements.
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>I personally (IMHO)do not agree with that. Blinking signals are important (and often critical) part of many interfaces in real world (not necessarily Windows programs). Obviously, there is a need in such interface elements. Windows guidelines are what they are - Windows guidelines, not absolute truth. :)
>And what do you see on the web pages? Everything is blinking, jumping and flipping like crazy, so one flashing labelt on one form probably will not kill the users... :)

Hi Nick,

Glad you share my original idea, though I already gave it up :) Same origins, are they? :)))