>>Flashing goes against Windows standards..that's why it's not available.
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>You can also be arrested for it.
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>Anyways, if it was current standard would Windows do it all over the place? Would they provide you with FlashWindow()?
Read the guidelines. Flash is permitted in the task bar when you need to get the user's attention for something.
Craig Berntson
MCSD, Microsoft .Net MVP, Grape City Community Influencer