.NET AnimateWindow

Question

I am trying to make a notification window like Outlook uses when you receive a new email. I have a modeless form for the notification window with two Label controls on it to di

Answer 1

There is a great example of this on the codeproject site.

Answer 2

By default, WinForms controls use GDI+ to render text. I suspect that this is the reason for this behavior.

Try disabling compatible text rendering in the entire application or for the labels to force it to use GDI instead.

Answer 3

Just use a timer and fade the form in through its Opacity property. Should work great for you.