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[Draekon]

how do i make a program with a timer that will work in the background, that
is to say, appears where msn messenger or internet connections appear and
how do i make it so a timer will activate at the push of a button such as
"F7"

[Randy Birch]

placing icons in the system tray area:
http://vbnet.mvps.org/code/subclass/...otifybasic.htm

displaying notifications similar to messenger:
http://vbnet.mvps.org/code/project/msim_notify.htm

displaying balloon tips in the notification area:
http://vbnet.mvps.org/code/subclass/...balloontip.htm

defining system-wide hotkeys to perform various actions:
http://vbnet.mvps.org/code/subclass/registerhotkey.htm
With these you should be well on your way to developing your app.

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Randy Birch
MS MVP Visual Basic
http://vbnet.mvps.org/
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"Draekon" <Da***********@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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: how do i make a program with a timer that will work in the background,
that
: is to say, appears where msn messenger or internet connections appear and
: how do i make it so a timer will activate at the push of a button such as
: "F7"
:
:

[Draekon]

"Randy Birch" <rg************@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:iK******************************@rogers.com.. .

placing icons in the system tray area:
http://vbnet.mvps.org/code/subclass/...otifybasic.htm

displaying notifications similar to messenger:
http://vbnet.mvps.org/code/project/msim_notify.htm

displaying balloon tips in the notification area:
http://vbnet.mvps.org/code/subclass/...balloontip.htm

defining system-wide hotkeys to perform various actions:
http://vbnet.mvps.org/code/subclass/registerhotkey.htm
With these you should be well on your way to developing your app.

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Randy Birch
MS MVP Visual Basic
http://vbnet.mvps.org/
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"Draekon" <Da***********@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:XY*******************@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
: how do i make a program with a timer that will work in the background,
that
: is to say, appears where msn messenger or internet connections appear
and
: how do i make it so a timer will activate at the push of a button such
as
: "F7"
:
:
thats all good, but it's VB 6.0 and i use VB Studio 2003, and i'm only 11
so i caan't translate it all

[Rick Rothstein [MVP - Visual Basic]]

> > thats all good, but it's VB 6.0 and i use VB Studio 2003,

and i'm only 11 so i caan't translate it all

Almost everybody in this newsgroup is using VB6 or lower. While you
may get a stray answer to VB.NET (including VB2003 and VB2005 which
has dropped .NET from its name) questions here, you should ask them in
newsgroups devoted exclusively to .NET programming (the languages are
different enough to warrant separate newsgroup support). Look for
newsgroups with either the word "dotnet" or "vsnet" in their name.

For the microsoft news server, try these newsgroups for Visual Basic
..NET related questions...

microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb
microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb.upgrade
microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb.controls
microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb.data

And these for more general .NET questions

microsoft.public.dotnet.general
microsoft.public.vsnet.general

Note: There are many other .NET newgroups (use the first three
"fields" from the last two as templates when searching for them), but
the above ones should get you started.

Rick

[Draekon]

"Rick Rothstein [MVP - Visual Basic]" <ri************@NOSPAMcomcast.net>
wrote in message news:Hq******************************@comcast.com. ..

> thats all good, but it's VB 6.0 and i use VB Studio 2003,
> and i'm only 11 so i caan't translate it all

Almost everybody in this newsgroup is using VB6 or lower. While you
may get a stray answer to VB.NET (including VB2003 and VB2005 which
has dropped .NET from its name) questions here, you should ask them in
newsgroups devoted exclusively to .NET programming (the languages are
different enough to warrant separate newsgroup support). Look for
newsgroups with either the word "dotnet" or "vsnet" in their name.

For the microsoft news server, try these newsgroups for Visual Basic
.NET related questions...

microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb
microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb.upgrade
microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb.controls
microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb.data

And these for more general .NET questions

microsoft.public.dotnet.general
microsoft.public.vsnet.general

Note: There are many other .NET newgroups (use the first three
"fields" from the last two as templates when searching for them), but
the above ones should get you started.

Rick

ok thanks for that, but one problem, the microsoft newsgroups have no posts
in them. i'l probably get my dad to translate it all, he the good script
writer here.

[Rick Rothstein [MVP - Visual Basic]]

> ok thanks for that, but one problem, the microsoft newsgroups

have no posts in them. i'l probably get my dad to translate it all,
he the good script writer here.

???

The microsoft newsgroups are all loaded with postings in them. The account
you should set up is for this newserver

msnews.microsoft.com

It is a public newserver, so you should have no problem setting up an
account to it. Once you have set that account up, you will find many
hundreds, maybe thousands (I never counted), of newsgroups including the
ones I referred you to.

Rick