iPhone like red badge notification in a WPF project?

Question

I have a C# WPF project which generates daily and weekly reports automatically. I want to inform the user when new reports are available, so I thought of a badge like on the

Answer 1

There are many WPF tutorials out there for glossy buttons. Basically, create a normal button and use the combination of effects and gradients to change the button control template to look like an iPhone button. This is a sample but you can do much more: http://craig.palenshus.com/silverlight/silverlight-and-the-content-presenter-in-an-iphone-like-button/