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How to detect if window is flashing

I'm using FlashWindowEx() to flash an application window when it needs to attract a user's attention. The window caption and taskbar button flashes continuously until the application receives focus. How can I check whether the application is…
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Using FlashWindowEx in a CMD batch file

I have a CMD batch file which takes a long time to process and I wish to alert the user that some input is required by flashing the CMD window. This example works great in powershell but if I try to compile it from within CMD by powershell -c…
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How can I flash the taskbar from a partial trusted .NET application?

I'd like to flash the taskbar (as described here for example), but I can't P/Invoke FlashWindowEx (or anything else, for that matter) in the security context my application is running in. Is there another way to get the taskbar to flash? If not,…
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How can I programmatically determine if an application is flashing in the taskbar

I can use "FlashWindowEx" to make a window flash in the taskbar, but what can I call to determine if that has been done to a window? Is there a flag that gets set somewhere that I can query?
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Flashing a window

I am using flashwindowex winapi in my c# application to flash the IE window in icon tray. The code is running fine when I am adding a breakpoint in the code and running in debug. But the same code is not working when the breakpoint is removed. It's…
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Change the color of blinking in the taskbar using FlashWindowEx

Is it possible to change the color of the blinking in the taskbar in FlashWindowEx by programmation. I know you can change it if you change your theme.
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Flash ShowMessage(Pos) or any other predefined window in Dialogs unit in Delphi for Post-WInXP OS

This is approach I found for Tray ... : http://www.programmersheaven.com/mb/delphikylix/257563/257563/how-can-i-make-a-system-tray-flash/ Does the same technique works for Dialogs ( as they are forms with addition params, in fact )? Or I can do it…
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