Window application flash like orange on taskbar when minimize

Question

I have a window application. When I minimize the window application on taskbar to work on another application. We hava a facility to send messages from one window application to another window application.

So my first win application is minimized and now I open my other win application and then send a message to the first application, but the first application is on the taskbar. So I want functionality like when any message capture my first application then it will blink like skype or any messenger.

I have tried FlashWindowEx method of User32.dll, but no luck. I have tried it with the option "Flash continuously until the window comes to the foreground." but no luck.

Please help me solve this problem with an example.

Answer 1

I do it as shown below, being sure to add the required references as shown

using System.Runtime.InteropServices; using Microsoft.Win32;  // To support flashing. [DllImport("user32.dll")] [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)] static extern bool FlashWindowEx(ref FLASHWINFO pwfi);  //Flash both the window caption and taskbar button. //This is equivalent to setting the FLASHW_CAPTION | FLASHW_TRAY flags.  public const UInt32 FLASHW_ALL = 3;  // Flash continuously until the window comes to the foreground.  public const UInt32 FLASHW_TIMERNOFG = 12;  [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)] public struct FLASHWINFO {     public UInt32 cbSize;     public IntPtr hwnd;     public UInt32 dwFlags;     public UInt32 uCount;     public UInt32 dwTimeout; }  // Do the flashing - this does not involve a raincoat. public static bool FlashWindowEx(Form form) {     IntPtr hWnd = form.Handle;     FLASHWINFO fInfo = new FLASHWINFO();      fInfo.cbSize = Convert.ToUInt32(Marshal.SizeOf(fInfo));     fInfo.hwnd = hWnd;     fInfo.dwFlags = FLASHW_ALL | FLASHW_TIMERNOFG;     fInfo.uCount = UInt32.MaxValue;     fInfo.dwTimeout = 0;      return FlashWindowEx(ref fInfo); } 

This should contain everything you need.

I hope this helps.