How to create an app in c# that will popup a notification message in users Pc.

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I want to create an app that should be installed on users computer as a windows service app and should popup a notification message on users PC just like the windows popup messages at the task bar. The reason for this is that we have several users in the company and many a time we need to notify the users something. This notification should be done automatically by the system. So I am planning to create a database where we can enter the messages and this app will read it and display in the users screen. Is anyone have created such an app, any help is appreciated.

Posted 23-May-14 10:24am

jakurian

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[no name] 23-May-14 16:35pm

If you are set on this design, you need 2 applications. 1 windows service and the other to display the notification. Service cannot interact with the desktop to show messages so you need the 2nd application to do that. Use an IPC mechanism to communicate between the 2 applications.

BillWoodruff 23-May-14 20:37pm

Try searching CodeProject first.

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Dave Kreskowiak · Answer 1 · 2014-05-23T14:19:00

You don't need a Windows Service app at all. They can't access the users desktop so it's not going to be able to show a message box to the user.

All you need is a normal Windows Forms or WPF app and launch it from the Run key, which will launch the application every time a user logs on. The app can listen for messages from your server application that pushes notifications and display them however you want.

This is basically a chat application. There's tons of examples on the web. All you need to do is search for "c# chat".