Make taskbar "icon" flash

[ÜnLoCo]

hello
please help with this:

i want the icon of my application to flash when an event triggers (upload complete) like this for example

i use VS2008 and i've been guess-working the code for this but no answer

hope it's the right section anyway

 

[JuggaloBrotha]

Use a timer to change the icon every so often.

 

[ÜnLoCo]

thnx for the reply
But the problem is how to make it flash the first time
is there anything i can do to, at least, be able to change the task bar icon color !!

you see i want it to flash to notify the user upon an event triggering (upload complete for exp)

 

[JuggaloBrotha]

You use timer, in the timer's tick event you swap the icon image, thus it looks like it's flashing.

You can have it flash a few times then stop (using a counter) or you can do it by duration by either using another timer or using an integer to add up the intervals to a certain point (like a counter, actually)

 

[ÜnLoCo]

Thanks for the idea
So now i can go design a second icon with a different back color
and for the timer i can say i'm an expert