>>To be honest I see their point in some instances -- the most recent request I got was for a flashing "Payment 60 Day Late!" label when operators pulled up a record while they were on the phone with a customer.

>I still dunno, if I had a message I needed to get to the user, I would pop it up in a MessageBox() when the opened the record. Then the user woudl have to acknowlegde the message.

Mike,

IMHO, the blinking solution is a lot better alternative than the MessageBox():
1. Unlike MessageBox(), the blinking label is a visual clue that remains as long as the record is displayed. I tend to forget the text of the message 0.1 second after I click OK and I know I am not alone in this situation <bg>.
2. You can have more than one blinking label. Yes, you can compose a longer message (concatenating messages may be a problem if you are developing multi-language applications).

I prefer giving the user a choice. He/she can select the visual clues to display:
* Blinking (Yes/NO)
* Blinking Rate
* Label Back and Fore colors
* DataControl Back and Fore colors.

I have a couple of uncorrectible vision problems and I can certify that most developers don't pay any attention to people with disabilities.

Daniel