msn messenger style popups with c# (alerts)

[Jason Gleason]

How can i make msn messenger style popups (like alerts/when someone messages
you for the first time - the little box that appears in the bottom right
hand corner of your screen) with c#?

 

[Daniel Pratt]

Hi Jason,

How can i make msn messenger style popups (like alerts/when someone messages
you for the first time - the little box that appears in the bottom right
hand corner of your screen) with c#?

I know that Chris' Ghengis project has a "toast" implementation (among
other interesting stuff):

http://www.sellsbrothers.com/tools/genghis/

Regards,
Dan

 

[Eric]

Here's an excellent article that explains how to this at CodeProject:
http://www.codeproject.com/cs/miscctrl/taskbarnotifier.asp?target=msn|popup

From the article:

The MSN messenger like popup supports:

A custom transparent bitmap background
A skinnable 3-State close button
A clickable title text
A clickable content text
A selection rectangle
Custom fonts and colors for the different states of the text (normal/hover)
Animation speed parameters


It's also heavily documented and explained very well.

 

[Jack]

You can check out AlertPOP .NET from Component Designs, it's very easy
to use and has a nice set of features.
http://www.componentdesigns.com