Re: Changing Appearance of a Minimized Application

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From: Robert Jordan (robertj_at_gmx.net)
Date: 08/25/04 

Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 21:37:51 +0200

Hi Greg,

> I have an ordering application that monitors orders coming in for approval.
> Users like to leave it minimized and check it occasionally to see if a new
> order has arrived. They have asked me to have the minimized application
> change its task bar appearance or icon.
>
> Is this doable?
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>

See Win32 API - FlashWindow.

C# declaration:

[DllImport("user32.dll")]
public static extern bool FlashWindow(IntPtr hWnd, bool bInvert);

Rob

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