Blinking or flashing text

[kev747]

Hi all,
I need some way of making a label on a form VERY obvious to the user.
I was thinking of something like the background colour of the label changing every few seconds, but any ideas are welcome.

Thanks all.

Kev.

 

[cghoga]

try this...

1. in the On Timer property of your form enter this code:

If Me.Label1.BackColor = 16777215 Then
Me.Label1.BackColor = 8388608
Else
If Me.Label1.BackColor = 8388608 Then
Me.Label1.BackColor = 16777215
End If
End If

mix and match the colors to whatever you like. for this example,
12632256 = gray (the form i tested this on is battleship gray) and
8388608 = dark blue.

2. in the Timer Interval property enter something like 500.

3. save the form.

now try running it.

hope this helps you.

 

[cghoga]

Kev,

one more thing. Labell of course refers to the name you have given to the label. so, if the label is named "lbl1" then the code would be:

me.lbl1.backcolor...etc.

hope this helps you.

 

[kev747]

Thanks cghoga,

Works a treat.

Kev.