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    copied!<p>I'm quite new to C#, and I am working on a WPF application that has a background process that long poles a web service. when I get certain codes back from the web service I will kick off methods. I have all working but the one to create a "toaster" popup message. I created a form to act as a toaster popup. My problem is that it is being called from a backroundWorker thread, and it only executes once and it does not slide up the screen. The timer function to raise up the screen does not run. For simplicity I was using code from a previous question answered: </p> <pre><code>public partial class Form1 : Form { private Timer timer; private int startPosX; private int startPosY; public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); // We want our window to be the top most TopMost = true; // Pop doesn't need to be shown in task bar ShowInTaskbar = false; // Create and run timer for animation timer = new Timer(); timer.Interval = 50; timer.Tick += timer_Tick; } protected override void OnLoad(EventArgs e) { // Move window out of screen startPosX = Screen.PrimaryScreen.WorkingArea.Width - Width; startPosY = Screen.PrimaryScreen.WorkingArea.Height; SetDesktopLocation(startPosX, startPosY); base.OnLoad(e); // Begin animation timer.Start(); } void timer_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e) { //Lift window by 5 pixels startPosY -= 5; //If window is fully visible stop the timer if (startPosY &lt; Screen.PrimaryScreen.WorkingArea.Height - Height) timer.Stop(); else SetDesktopLocation(startPosX, startPosY); } } </code></pre> <p>Then in my bgWorker_DoWork method I have: </p> <pre><code> var dict = new JavaScriptSerializer().Deserialize&lt;Dictionary&lt;string, object&gt;&gt;(responseFromServer); int notifyType = (int)dict["notificationType"]; switch (notifyType) { case 6: Debug.WriteLine(responseFromServer); Form1 popup = new Form1(); popup.Show(); break; default: Debug.WriteLine(responseFromServer); break; } </code></pre> <p>Being new to C# I do not know how to keep the timer methods executing till the toaster message is fully displayed.</p> <p>Or is there a better way to implement this toast popup then a form?</p> <p>Help, please?? Thank you.</p>
 

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