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How to flash the icon in the Windows taskbar? [message #464721]

Tue, 29 November 2005 02:29

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: jfkuai.yahoo.com.cn

I have a background shell that periodically gets data displayed in it. I'd
like its icon in the Windows taskbar to flash when it gets new data. Just
like

FlashWindowEx(
PFLASHWINFO pfwi
);

in Windows API.
Does anyone know how to do this?

Re: How to flash the icon in the Windows taskbar? [message #464848 is a reply to message #464721]

Wed, 30 November 2005 12:01

Eclipse User

shell.forceActive();

If the receiver is visible, moves it to the top of the
drawing order for the display on which it was created
(so that all other shells on that display, which are not
the receiver's children will be drawn behind it) and forces
the window manager to make the shell active.

On Windows, if the shell is minimized, it will blink.

Notice however that there is a bug report and it is under review right now
whether forceActive() or setActive() should be the one that causes the
blinking:

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=96735

"Kevin Gui" <jfkuai@yahoo.com.cn> wrote in message
news:a3f6b74a51b6401ace3225ba66f8d3d7$1@www.eclipse.org...
>I have a background shell that periodically gets data displayed in it. I'd
> like its icon in the Windows taskbar to flash when it gets new data. Just
> like
> FlashWindowEx(
> PFLASHWINFO pfwi
> );
>
> in Windows API.
> Does anyone know how to do this?
>
>

Re: How to flash the icon in the Windows taskbar? [message #464856 is a reply to message #464721]

Wed, 30 November 2005 13:48

Eclipse User

Best way to do it would be to create a version of the task bar icon you're using which represents the flash, then use the TaskItem#setImage(Image) method to do an utilize it (effectively animating the task item). You could also use this technique to do some other fun stuff (colorized pulsations, transforms, etc...)

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