Program Question

13 Feb 2006 9:09 PM

Robert

Hello All,

I want to develop a program that will pop up a window to allow the user to
take an action. The window will disappear after a length of no activity. I
would like the application to act in behavior exactly the way that Outlook
2003 displays new incoming messages. I have never attempted to write an
application like this so I don't really have any idea where to begin. Does
anyone know where I could find information that would me achieve this? I
would greatly appreciate any thoughts and help.

Thanks.

14 Feb 2006 10:17 PM

DWS

Rob,
I don't do exactlies but here's some cool code to get ya rollin.
add a button and a timer to a form and put this into the class file.
Press ctrl+f5
Have fun
DWs

Public Class Form1

    Private x As Double
    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        Timer1.Enabled = True
        x = 1
    End Sub

    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
        Timer1.Enabled = False
    End Sub

    Private Sub Timer1_Tick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles Timer1.Tick
        Try
            x = x - 0.05
            If x < 0 Then
                Me.Close()
                Exit Sub
            End If
            Me.Opacity = x
        Catch ex As Exception
            Me.Close()
            Exit Sub
        End Try
    End Sub
End Class

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"Robert" wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> I want to develop a program that will pop up a window to allow the user to
> take an action. The window will disappear after a length of no activity. I
> would like the application to act in behavior exactly the way that Outlook
> 2003 displays new incoming messages. I have never attempted to write an
> application like this so I don't really have any idea where to begin. Does
> anyone know where I could find information that would me achieve this? I
> would greatly appreciate any thoughts and help.
>
> Thanks.

15 Feb 2006 3:25 PM

Robert

Thanks, that should get me off to a good start.

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"DWS" wrote:

> Rob,
> I don't do exactlies but here's some cool code to get ya rollin.
> add a button and a timer to a form and put this into the class file.
> Press ctrl+f5
> Have fun
> DWs
>
>
> Public Class Form1
>
>     Private x As Double
>     Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
> System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
>         Timer1.Enabled = True
>         x = 1
>     End Sub
>
>     Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
> System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
>         Timer1.Enabled = False
>     End Sub
>
>     Private Sub Timer1_Tick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
> System.EventArgs) Handles Timer1.Tick
>         Try
>             x = x - 0.05
>             If x < 0 Then
>                 Me.Close()
>                 Exit Sub
>             End If
>             Me.Opacity = x
>         Catch ex As Exception
>             Me.Close()
>             Exit Sub
>         End Try
>     End Sub
> End Class
>
>
> "Robert" wrote:
>
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I want to develop a program that will pop up a window to allow the user to
> > take an action. The window will disappear after a length of no activity. I
> > would like the application to act in behavior exactly the way that Outlook
> > 2003 displays new incoming messages. I have never attempted to write an
> > application like this so I don't really have any idea where to begin. Does
> > anyone know where I could find information that would me achieve this? I
> > would greatly appreciate any thoughts and help.
> >
> > Thanks.

15 Feb 2006 10:52 PM

Chris Dunaway

You might try this link:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/toasterbox