Creating a pop-up window in compact framework

Hi,
I'm developing an IM application, in which i want to show a pop-up
window when ever a buddy changes his status( some thing similar to the
one in yahoo and jabber which show a pop-up window at the bottom-right
on the desktop when a user changes his state). I did'nt find any direct
way to do this. I can't use a messageBox because i can't display a
messagebox without any buttons on it and i've to close that messagebox
explicitly.

What actually i wan't is a pop-up window which gets displayed at one
corner on the PPC and disappears after few seconds. It should respond
to a user-click, i.e it should open a chat-window when ever the user
clicks on it.
Can any one tell me how i could do this. Do i need to download any
third party control for this, or is this available in CF. Any
suggestions are welcome.

Thanks

Hari.

Hi,

You can create your own custom form inherit from Form, then you can
size it as you want, and close it in the click event for example.

BR


Fabien Decret
Windows Embedded Consultant

ADENEO (ADESET)
http://www.adeneo.adetelgroup.com/




Hari a écrit :

> Hi,
> I'm developing an IM application, in which i want to show a pop-up
> window when ever a buddy changes his status( some thing similar to the
> one in yahoo and jabber which show a pop-up window at the bottom-right
> on the desktop when a user changes his state). I did'nt find any direct
> way to do this. I can't use a messageBox because i can't display a
> messagebox without any buttons on it and i've to close that messagebox
> explicitly.
>
> What actually i wan't is a pop-up window which gets displayed at one
> corner on the PPC and disappears after few seconds. It should respond
> to a user-click, i.e it should open a chat-window when ever the user
> clicks on it.
> Can any one tell me how i could do this. Do i need to download any
> third party control for this, or is this available in CF. Any
> suggestions are welcome.
>
> Thanks
>
> Hari.

Hi Fabein,
Thanks for the suggestion. I had this idea. But the problem with
inheriting from Form class is that the pop-up that shows the status
change should not display anything( titlebar, inimize, maximize buttons
) other than the message. It should appear like a tooltip window, but
should respond to the user click. Is it possible to have the same,
deriving from Form. Plz help.

-Hari

Fabien wrote:
> Hi,
>
> You can create your own custom form inherit from Form, then you can
> size it as you want, and close it in the click event for example.
>
> BR
>
>
> Fabien Decret
> Windows Embedded Consultant
>
> ADENEO (ADESET)
> http://www.adeneo.adetelgroup.com/
>
>
>
>
> Hari a écrit :
>
> > Hi,
> > I'm developing an IM application, in which i want to show a pop-up
> > window when ever a buddy changes his status( some thing similar to the
> > one in yahoo and jabber which show a pop-up window at the bottom-right
> > on the desktop when a user changes his state). I did'nt find any direct
> > way to do this. I can't use a messageBox because i can't display a
> > messagebox without any buttons on it and i've to close that messagebox
> > explicitly.
> >
> > What actually i wan't is a pop-up window which gets displayed at one
> > corner on the PPC and disappears after few seconds. It should respond
> > to a user-click, i.e it should open a chat-window when ever the user
> > clicks on it.
> > Can any one tell me how i could do this. Do i need to download any
> > third party control for this, or is this available in CF. Any
> > suggestions are welcome.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Hari.