Don't Miss Anything with Desktop Alerts
With so much information competing for your user's attention, how can you make your application's important notices stand out? Pop-up "toaster" messages on the desktop have become a popular means to alert users in instant messaging and mail clients when a message is received. Using WinDesktopAlert™, you can now deliver these messages within a completely customizable desktop alert window. This window has everything users expect such as a close button, a push pin to keep the message displayed until the user decides to release it, and the ability to click on the message (as if it were a hyperlink) to get more info. Plus, you have the option of associating an image, a drop-down list of commands, and a set of miniature action buttons on the desktop alert window that can be specific to your application.
Features at a Glance
Popular Styles and Behaviors Built-In - Setting the Style property lets you instantly obtain the default appearance and behavior of desktop alert windows for Windows Live Messenger or Outlook 2007.
Animation As You Like It - The desktop alert window can slide into view from any of eight different directions, and with complete control over its opacity you can have it slowly materialize and then fade away.
Formattable Text and Hyperlinks - We reuse the FormattedTextUIElement from the PLF™ which allows for richly formatted text that can serve as a hyperlink.
- Alert Buttons - Add alert buttons to a tool bar within the desktop alert window that can be associated with application-specific functions.
Play .WAV Sound Files - Associate any .WAV sound clip with the desktop alert window that will play when the alert appears