Notification.InitialDuration Property

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12/12/2007

Gets or sets the number of seconds the message balloon remains visible after initially shown.

Namespace: Microsoft.WindowsCE.Forms
Assembly: Microsoft.WindowsCE.Forms (in microsoft.windowsce.forms.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property InitialDuration As Integer
'Usage
Dim instance As Notification
Dim value As Integer

value = instance.InitialDuration

instance.InitialDuration = value

public int InitialDuration { get; set; }

public:
property int InitialDuration {
    int get ();
    void set (int value);
}

/** @property */
public int get_InitialDuration ()

/** @property */
public void set_InitialDuration (int value)

public function get InitialDuration () : int

public function set InitialDuration (value : int)

Not applicable.

Property Value

The amount of time the balloon is visible, in seconds. The default is 10.

Exceptions

Exception type	Condition
ArgumentException	Occurs if this property is set to a negative value.

Remarks

If you set this property to zero, the message balloon does not initially display but the notification icon appears in the title bar.

Example

The following code example demonstrates creating and displaying a notification with a twenty second duration. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the Notification class.

Notification1.InitialDuration = 20

notification1.InitialDuration = 20;

Platforms

Windows Mobile for Pocket PC

The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.

Version Information

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 2.0

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