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Flashing the taskbar

Started by Last Attacker Mar 17, 2005 at 6:07 AM 2 replies 850+ views

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Mar 17, 2005 at 6:07 AM

Hey guys! Do any of you know how to flash the taskbar in Windows and Linux with C++? I'm sure Linux's taskbar item can flash like the one in Windows. Thanks

mutex

Mar 17, 2005 at 7:44 AM

Try the FlashWindowEx function on Win32. I don't know how it's done in Linux (probably varies depending on the desktop environment you're using). Here's some untested source:

HWND hwnd;  // the window you want to flashFLASHWINFO flash;memset(&flash, 0, sizeof flash);flash.cbSize = sizeof flash;flash.hwnd = hwnd;flash.dwFlags = FLASHW_TRAY;flash.uCount = 3;  // flash 3 timesFlashWindowEx(&flash);

moeron

Mar 17, 2005 at 7:45 AM

Look up FlashWindow and FlashWindowEx in MSDN...I'm guessing thats what your looking for. I dunno if it works in Linux, since it is a Win32 API call.

hth.

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Got Beat...doh!
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Last Attacker

Mar 17, 2005 at 11:07 PM

Hey thanks man! I'm still hoping that a Linux guy could answer my question.
Do any of you know where I can go to find out? As long as it works for KDE & Gnome, then I'm pretty much happy ;)

Thanks again guys!

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