[AccessD] VB.Net - seeing the messagebox

I needed something to grab my attention.  "Hey" (waving a huge messagebox in
my face) "your file is finished". 


John W. Colby
Colby Consulting
www.ColbyConsulting.com
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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 12:12 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] VB.Net - seeing the messagebox

This is probably a silly question, but why bother with a popup window? Why
not just display the progress on the main form and/or status bar?

On 5/13/07, jwcolby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote:
>
> >You are using messagebox.show, right?
>
> Yes. It does show up if I click on the program icon representing the 
> windows form for the VB.Net program, but it will not pop up over (for 
> example) Outlook if I have that open or Firefox if I have that open.  
> It also does not cause the little icon in the toolbar to turn dark 
> blue or flash as some other programs can cause their toolbar icon to 
> do.
>
> John W. Colby
> Colby Consulting
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
>
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