how can I get text in a control to flash?

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Andy Ralph

Using Access 2003 on Windows XP SP3.
I want to highlight a warning on a form if Boolean field has the value "True".
I would like to get the control that displays the value to Flash on-and-off.
Any ideas?
Thanks
 
Andy Ralph said:
Using Access 2003 on Windows XP SP3.
I want to highlight a warning on a form if Boolean field has the value
"True".
I would like to get the control that displays the value to Flash
on-and-off.
Any ideas?
Thanks
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Not a particularly good idea since it irritates users. Also the wrong flash
rate can trigger Epilepsy. Here's some code that will flash a label, exactly
5 times then quit. You can also use the form's Timer and set the
TimerInterval property:

Private Sub Form_Current()
Dim i As Integer
Label0.Visible = True
For i = 1 To 10
Wait (0.5)
Me.Label0.Visible = Not Me.Label0.Visible
Next i
End Sub

Public Function Wait(sngSecs As Single)
Dim sngWait As Single

' Timer is a keyword that retrieves the number of seconds
' since midnight as a single
sngWait = Timer + sngSecs
While Timer < sngWait
DoEvents
Wend
End Function
 
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