How to make the taskbar blink my application like Messenger does when a new message arrive?

Question

Is there an API call in .NET or a native DLL that I can use to create similar behaviour as Windows Live Messenger when a response comes from someone I chat with?

Answer 1

The FlashWindowEx Win32 API is the call used to do this. The documentation for it is at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms679347(VS.85).aspx