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Click here to copy the following block 'Ever wanted to get the users attention without one of those annoying BEEPs, or just have a 'little fun? Here is a good way to do it. Flash the caption of your Form. That should get 'their attention! 'Place this code into a Module: Option Explicit Declare Function FlashWindow Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal binvert As Long) As Long Public Sub Flash(hFlash As Long, iTimes As Integer, sInterval As Single) Dim I As Integer For I = 0 To iTimes 'iTimes sets the number of flashes! Call FlashWindow(hFlash, True) Dim Start As Single Start = Timer 'set the start time Do While Timer < Start + sInterval DoEvents Loop Next I Call FlashWindow(hFlash, False) End Sub 'Thats it! Now, to flash a caption, just use this call. The arguments are the number of 'flashes (20) and the interval for the flash (.5): Flash Me.hwnd, 20, 0.5

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