MSN Messenger like notification - Do you know any examples in .NET VB .NET or C#? [closed]

Question

I'm looking to write a notification application where I'd like to provide popup notifications from the taskbar similiar to the ones in MSN Messenger or most other chat programs. Are there any good examples using VB .NET or C#, ideally without using Win32 calls? Thanks.

Answer 1

I found a better solution for what I'm looking to to do: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163732.aspx

Answer 2

Perhaps try this, modeled after Outlook rather than MSN Messenger, but of course you can still tweak it:

http://www.codeguru.com/csharp/csharp/cs_misc/userinterface/article.php/c10139

Answer 3

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/miscctrl/RobMisNotifyWindow.aspx

Answer 4

Also known as toast notifications. Here's another example on codeproject.

Slightly off-topic. I think these things are evil. I wish they were never invented because they always pop up at at time when it is most distracting. See human task switching considered harmful.

And for the love of mike, please detect presentation mode and stop putting up toasts. (Do you hear me skype?!)