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Notification Window

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A notification window that appears on the lower right part of the screen.

Introduction

This is a WinForms component that displays a notification window in the lower right part of the screen. Just like the Outlook new mail notification. There are many possibilities to customize the appearance of the notification window:

  • scroll and/or fade window in and out
  • configure the animation speed and the time the window is displayed
  • display a custom icon
  • set title and content text, font, size, and color
  • set all paddings around icon, title and content
  • optionally display a close button
  • optionally display a button which opens a context menu

Background

This control is based on the CodeProject article An Office 2003-like popup notifier by Nicolas Wälti. I fixed a lot of bugs in the original control and added even more properties for customizing the appearance of the notification window.

Using the code

Using the notification window component is very simple. Just add a reference to "NotificationWindow.dll" to your WinForms project. A new component " will appear in the toolbox. Then drag this component to an existing form.

To show the notification, simply call the "Popup" method. However, normally you want to set some properties first to customize the appearance of the notification window.

C#
popupNotifier1.TitleText = "This is the notification title";
popupNotifier1.ContentText = "This is the notification text";
popupNotifier1.Popup();

Take a look at the demo project which shows the usage of most properties!

History

  • 2011-11-02: v1 released.

License

This article, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)


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QuestionNo Scroll bar? Pin
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QuestionNotification Position Pin
Cool Smith10-Feb-18 10:52
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QuestionPopup notification in right corner in asp.net Pin
Vivek Arzare22-May-17 0:27
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Questionproblem Pin
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QuestionNeed multiple popup that should be closed only on close click Pin
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GeneralMy vote of 1 Pin
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QuestionPopup and MessageBox (modal dialog) Pin
nikda24-Nov-15 19:25
nikda24-Nov-15 19:25 
Bugpopup is shown in secondary screen Pin
karadogan3-Nov-15 7:03
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QuestionChange Position of Notification Window Pin
Charles OBrien15-Oct-15 6:43
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QuestionSwitching through more messages at one notification Pin
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QuestionThread safe Pin
Zbynek Sulc18-Aug-15 23:17
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QuestionSuggested Height per line? Pin
Andy Pandy Cartwright1-Apr-15 23:47
Andy Pandy Cartwright1-Apr-15 23:47 
Hi,

What would you say the suggested height per content text line would be?
Sometime my app gives 1 line and sometimes 6.. the default is 100 however there is alot of wasted space with 1 line and the 6th line is unreadable.

Many thanks,
Andy

QuestionError Pin
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AnswerRe: Error Pin
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QuestionI'm getting this error when loading Project, Please Help Pin
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GeneralMy vote of 3 Pin
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NewsImprovements PopupNotifierCollection Pin
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GeneralRe: Improvements PopupNotifierCollection Pin
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QuestionI try to add PopupNotifierCollection into the project but it's not working it show only item 2 Pin
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AnswerRe: I try to add PopupNotifierCollection into the project but it's not working it show only item 2 Pin
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QuestionSteals focus - but that can be fixed Pin
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AnswerRe: Steals focus - but that can be fixed Pin
hsurana29-Jan-22 9:44
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GeneralExcellent Post.. Thanks a lot! Pin
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