Blink label's text

[Bharathi Kumar]

Hi,

How can I get a blinking text for a lable.
Iam working in a window appln using framework 2.0 and VS 2005.
Thanks in advance,
Bharti Kumar.

[Joris Zwaenepoel]

You can add a Timer Control to your form, set the desired interval, and then
write some code like thie following in the "elapsed" event:
If myLabel.ForeColor = Color.Black Then
myLabel.ForeColor = Color.Red
Else
myLabel.ForeColor = Color.Black
End If

Hope this helps,

Joris

"Bharathi Kumar" wrote:

Hi,

How can I get a blinking text for a lable.
Iam working in a window appln using framework 2.0 and VS 2005.
Thanks in advance,
Bharti Kumar.

[richard.ian.brown]

Bharathi Kumar wrote:

Hi,

How can I get a blinking text for a lable.
Iam working in a window appln using framework 2.0 and VS 2005.
Thanks in advance,
Bharti Kumar.

My first question is why on earth would you want to do such a thing?

However that aside if you really must then remember the suggestion
above requires a postback for the code to execute which hardly seems
practical given the description you've given.

You should take a look at AJAX.

[Chris Dunaway]

[e-mail] wrote:

Bharathi Kumar wrote:

Iam working in a window appln using framework 2.0 and VS 2005.

above requires a postback for the code to execute which hardly seems

He made no mention of a web app. He is building a Windows app.

After setting the color of the label, call the .Refresh method to
update the label on the form.

But I agree with Richard, most people find a blinking label to be
annoying.

[Bharathi Kumar]

Hi,

Thank you very much for replies.

My project is a desktop application. I mentioned it in the question
clearly.

I have some graphics in my project and I need to highlight the current
activity going on.

If its blinking it catches the attention. A plane text may not do
better I think.
Thanks and Regards,
Bharathi Kumar.

ri***************@gmail.com wrote:

My first question is why on earth would you want to do such a thing?

However that aside if you really must then remember the suggestion
above requires a postback for the code to execute which hardly seems
practical given the description you've given.

You should take a look at AJAX.