Can I make a border flash ?

[carlbowles10]

I have a tick box and when its pressed i want its border to flash red three times just as a nice feature to highlight to the user they have ticked the box.

This is my current code:

Private Sub FlagSection3_Click()
If FlagSection3.Value = True Then
flag3.Text = "Section 3"
End If
If FlagSection3.Value = False Then
flag3.Text = ""
End If
End Sub

I just want to add code (maybe using a timer) to make the border go from transparent to red to transpartent to red a few times. thanks for any help. ive tried to work out how to do it but.....

[gmaxey]

Personally I find bells and whistles of this nature annoying. I don't know what border you are talking about, however you can make a checkbox (or tickbox) caption flash using:

[vba]Option Explicit
Private Declare Sub Sleep Lib "kernel32" (ByVal dwMilliseconds As Long)
Private Sub CheckBox1_Change()
Dim strCap As String
strCap = Me.CheckBox1.Caption
If Me.CheckBox1 Then
Me.CheckBox1.Caption = ""
Pause 100
Me.CheckBox1.Caption = strCap
Pause 100
Me.CheckBox1.Caption = ""
Pause 100
Me.CheckBox1.Caption = strCap
Pause 100
Me.CheckBox1.Caption = ""
Pause 100
Me.CheckBox1.Caption = strCap
End If
End Sub
Sub Pause(ByVal lngPeriod As Long)
DoEvents
Sleep lngPeriod
End Sub
[/vba]

P.S. It helps when you come back to post new questions if you will respond and acknowledge the answers provided to earlier posts.

[fumei]

I have a tick box and when its pressed i want its border to flash red three times just as a nice feature to highlight to the user they have ticked the box.

I have to agree with Greg. I find flashing anything annoying, and personally, something flashing to let me know I just did something...rather insulting. If I just clicked the box, I do not need something flashing to tell me I just clicked the box. What? I am an idiot? I have serious short term memory problems?

If someone gave me a document with a flashing border (or caption, or anything), the first thing I would do is hack it and turn the darn thing off.