https://github.com/squeek502/taskbarflash
Flash the taskbar icon and/or window of the calling console window (e.g. from a batch file)
https://github.com/squeek502/taskbarflash
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Flash the taskbar icon and/or window of the calling console window (e.g. from a batch file)
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/squeek502/taskbarflash
- Owner: squeek502
- License: unlicense
- Created: 2018-04-25T02:05:41.000Z (about 7 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2018-04-25T02:30:36.000Z (about 7 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-01-29T12:32:40.561Z (4 months ago)
- Topics: taskbar, windows
- Language: C
- Homepage:
- Size: 5.86 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 3
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# taskbarflash
Simple program to flash the taskbar icon and/or window of the calling console window (e.g. to flash the window from a `.bat` file).
```
Usage: taskbarflash [options] [num_flashes [flash_rate_ms]]
Options:
-h, --help Print this help screen
-t, --tray Flash the taskbar icon (default)
-w, --window Flash the window caption
-c, --caption Alias for --window
--all Flash both the taskbar icon and the window caption
```
## Installation
- [Download `taskbarflash.exe` from the releases page](https://github.com/squeek502/taskbarflash/releases/latest)
- To be able to call `taskbarflash` from any `.bat` file, put `taskbarflash.exe` in a directory that is included in your system's [`PATH` environment variable](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PATH_\(variable\)).
- You can test your installation by running [`test.bat`](test.bat)
## Building
To build taskbarflash, you'll need to install [`cmake`](https://cmake.org) and some version of [Visual Studio](https://www.visualstudio.com/).
### Using `make.bat`
- To build, run `make.bat` (the `.exe` will be in `build/Release`)
- To create a Visual Studio solution, run `make.bat projects` (the `.sln` will be in `build/`)
- To remove all build artifacts, run `make.bat clean`
### Using `cmake-gui`
- Run `cmake-gui`
- Browse to the taskbarflash directory and also set the build directory (typically just add `/build` to the source directory path)
- Click *Configure*
- Select the Generator and hit *Finish*
- Hit Generate and then Open Project to open the project in Visual Studio
- Build the project in Visual Studio as normal
### Using `cmake`
Open a command line in the `taskbarflash` directory and do the following:
```sh
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
cmake --build . --config Release
```
If needed, you can specify a [generator](https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/manual/cmake-generators.7.html) by doing `cmake -G "Visual Studio 14 2015 Win64" ..` instead of `cmake ..`