Program Question

[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.

[DWS]

RE: Program Question

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(B yVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArg s) Handles Button1.Click
Timer1.Enabled = True
x = 1
End Sub

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

Private Sub Timer1_Tick(ByV al sender As Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArg s) 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:
[color=blue]
> 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.[/color]

[Robert]

RE: Program Question

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

"DWS" wrote:
[color=blue]
> 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(B yVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
> System.EventArg s) Handles Button1.Click
> Timer1.Enabled = True
> x = 1
> End Sub
>
> Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVa l sender As Object, ByVal e As
> System.EventArg s) Handles Me.Load
> Timer1.Enabled = False
> End Sub
>
> Private Sub Timer1_Tick(ByV al sender As Object, ByVal e As
> System.EventArg s) 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:
>[color=green]
> > 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.[/color][/color]

[Chris Dunaway]

Re: Program Question

You might try this link:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/toasterbox