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Make Task Bar Blink

Question:

Answer:

User32 = StrCat (DirWindows (1),"user32.DLL")
WinFlash = DllHwnd (WinGetactive())
For xx = 1 To 10 ;Flash five times
   DllCall (User32, long:"FlashWindow", long:WinFlash, long:1)
   TimeDelay(0.5)
Next
DllCall (User32, long:"FlashWindow", long:WinFlash, long:0); Bring the window to normal position

Article ID:   W17014

File Created: 2007:07:03:14:27:36

Last Updated: 2007:07:03:14:27:36