How to implement an notification window like "MSN messenger friends online notification"

[William Li]

Hi,

I'm developing a notification application using winform.
It is shown as a tray icon when running, and when a message arrive (such as
new mail alert), it should pop up a notification window in the right-bottom
of the desktop, just like msn messenger's friends online notification.

Anybody can tell me how to implement this?
Some sample code or reference document will be much appreciated!

Regards,

William Li

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

I'm developing a notification application using winform.
It is shown as a tray icon when running, and when a message arrive (such
as new mail alert), it should pop up a notification window in the
right-bottom of the desktop, just like msn messenger's friends online
notification.

TaskbarNotifier, a skinnable MSN Messenger-like popup in C# and now in
VB.NET too
<URL:http://www.codeproject.com/cs/miscctrl/taskbarnotifier.asp>

Introducing the Visual Basic .NET Power Pack
<URL:http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dv_vstechart/html/vbpowerpack.asp>