Tracy,

I think in this case you may simply need to inform the users that there is an upgrade being written and that the blinking text will be phased-in as screens are converted. I understand all about the idiosyncratic expectations of users, but I think that you also have a project diminishing return on your development investment if you have to write something to accomplish this. How about an ActiveX that sits over your old screens for each place you need the blinking functionality. Sounds like an awful lot of work, but it could probably be done.

Renoir

>That is what we are doing right now and the users are accustomed to the blinking text from the original DOS version and are complaining. We have literally hundreds of sites using this app and it's an issue. However, the app is HUGE and won't be completely rewritten in VFP for some time still. I was hoping for some type of resolution, because believe it or not, sometimes it is the little interface idiosyncrasies that the users notice most, not the functional part.
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>>Tracy,
>>
>>How about something as simple as bold and color? Or Boxed?
>>
>>Renoir
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>>>So how to draw attention to text on a screen (run in VFP from a 2.6 .spr) that is blinking in the DOS version until the screen is redone as a form down the road? Any ideas since blinking text is not possible?
>>>Tracy
>>>
>>>>Tracy,
>>>>That "blinking" in the DOS code was based on your actual video hardware support. When you run under Windows, this enhancement normally just appears as highlighted or brighter.
>>>>
>>>>Rick
>>>>
>>>>>What about running .sprs (from the 2.6 version of screen) in a VFP app? How can I create blinking text when there is no container to put a label in ? We have some old screens whose .sprs are running in a HUGE partially converted app and some of the screens have not been updated to forms yet (it is an ongoing process). In 2.6 the text was blinking, but it does not blink in VFP. How can I accomplish that without creating a form to replace the .spr (from the 2.6 screen)? Any ideas?
>>>>>Tracy
>>>>>
>>>>>>Hello Chad.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Can I make text blink on a VFP form? You could do it in FP2.6.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>You can create your own custom blinking label class by dropping a label and a time into a container. You set the container's BackStyle to 0-Transparent and its BorderWidth to 0. Set the timer's Interval to 300 and put this code in the Timer's Timer method:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>

>>>>>>WITH This.Parent.lblBase
>>>>>>  .Visible = !.Visible
>>>>>>ENDWITH	
>>>>>>