pop up message

[ask_you]

how do i create a pop up message near the right hand corner of the task bar. by pop up message i mean that the box displaying the message should come up on its own as well as disappear on its own. also i want to implement it without using MFC kindly help

[Flit]

One way of doing this would be to create a window using CreateWindow then at the appropriate times use ShowWindow or SetWindowPos to show or hide the window. If you want it positioned in the lower right corner of the screen you'll need to know how big the screen area is, use SystemParametersInfo with the SPI_GETWORKAREA flag to get that. You'll also need to know how big your window is GetWindowRect will tell you that. Then use that information with SetWindowPos to position the window where you want it. Don't forget that the taskbar isn't always at the bottom of the screen. You could also try using a Dialog window. Have a look at the relevant pages in MSDN and that should get you started. Good luck.

[ask_you]

i tried to create a pop up window using CreateWindow. But how do i create a buttons on that window? CAn u help

[Flit]

You can use CreateWindowEx to create buttons.