Nanci,

I believe that timers would be well-suited for this behavior. You can have one timer that polls/requeries if there are any new tickets. Then, when a new ticket is found, you can activate another timer that will toggle a control to make it flash.

Doug

>Greetings all! I have a helpdesk app. created in VFP that sends tickets back and forth to users and would like to create a flashing toolbar to notify the user when he/she has a new helpdesk ticket. Any suggestions?