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Tue May 15 01:54:04 CDT 2007
Why not change the background colour to bright red - that should get your attention when the whole form turns red. Regards Max -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Charlotte Foust Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 5:51 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] VB.Net - seeing the messagebox If that's the case, I think you may have a problem. Why not just log the stuff to a text or xml file instead? Charlotte -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 9:31 AM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [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 -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [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 > -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com