I do it as shown below, being sure to add the required references as shown
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using Microsoft.Win32;
// To support flashing.
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
[return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
static extern bool FlashWindowEx(ref FLASHWINFO pwfi);
//Flash both the window caption and taskbar button.
//This is equivalent to setting the FLASHW_CAPTION | FLASHW_TRAY flags.
public const UInt32 FLASHW_ALL = 3;
// Flash continuously until the window comes to the foreground.
public const UInt32 FLASHW_TIMERNOFG = 12;
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
public struct FLASHWINFO
{
public UInt32 cbSize;
public IntPtr hwnd;
public UInt32 dwFlags;
public UInt32 uCount;
public UInt32 dwTimeout;
}
// Do the flashing - this does not involve a raincoat.
public static bool FlashWindowEx(Form form)
{
IntPtr hWnd = form.Handle;
FLASHWINFO fInfo = new FLASHWINFO();
fInfo.cbSize = Convert.ToUInt32(Marshal.SizeOf(fInfo));
fInfo.hwnd = hWnd;
fInfo.dwFlags = FLASHW_ALL | FLASHW_TIMERNOFG;
fInfo.uCount = UInt32.MaxValue;
fInfo.dwTimeout = 0;
return FlashWindowEx(ref fInfo);
}
This should contain everything you need.
I hope this helps.