Create pop up 'toaster' effect message

Question

I'm trying to replicate the Gmail Notifier popup. It both fades in (Opacity) and raises from the start bar.

I've managed to do the fade in\out using a timer and opacity but how do I:

A) make the form appear to 'pop up'? (I think its height grows via a timer from 0 to it's max?

B) Locate it's start point exactly above the task bar as pictured on all screen resolutions\Windows flavours?

Answer 1

I ended up doing this:

Create "Toast" Popup Notification Windows http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=351757

Works great, includes VB and C# versions too.