Triggering taskbar button flash from batch file?
It is very easy to do using a very simple external *.exe. It simply has to call the FlashWindowEx function of the Windows API.
This is a sample Delphi console application:
program flashwnd;{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}uses SysUtils, Windows;var OldTitle, UniqueTitle: string; h: HWND; c: cardinal; fwi: TFlashWInfo;begin try h := GetConsoleWindow(); c := 10; if ParamCount = 1 then c := StrToInt(ParamStr(1)); FillChar(fwi, sizeof(fwi), 0); fwi.cbSize := sizeof(fwi); fwi.hwnd := h; fwi.dwFlags := FLASHW_ALL; fwi.uCount := c; fwi.dwTimeout := 0; FlashWindowEx(fwi); except on E: Exception do Writeln(E.ClassName + ': ' + E.Message); end;end.Simply call it like
flashwndto flash the current console window ten times. Call
flashwnd 27to flash the window 27 times.