balloons

Creating a Popup Balloon like Windows Messenger or AVG

How can I create a Popup balloon like you would see from Windows Messenger or AVG or Norton or whomever? I want it to show the information, and then slide away after a few seconds. Edit: It needs to be blocking like Form.ShowDialog() because the program exits after displaying the notification ...

ComCtl32.dll Version 6 with Qt

I'm trying to implement a balloon tip. By following the instructions on this page: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb760252%28VS.85%29.aspx I managed to implement the balloon, but the balloon is not using the appropriate theme under Win7. I read somewhere else that for the balloon to use the right visual style, ComCtl32.dll Ver...