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Notification.InitialDuration Property

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);
}
public function get InitialDuration () : int 
public function set InitialDuration (value : int)

Property Value

Type: System.Int32
The amount of time the balloon is visible, in seconds. The default is 10.

Exceptions

Exception 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.

Examples

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;

.NET Framework Security

Platforms

Windows Mobile for Pocket PC

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Version Information

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 2.0

See Also

Reference

Notification Class

Notification Members

Microsoft.WindowsCE.Forms Namespace