ToastNotification is a tiny console tool for Windows 8 which allows you to display “toast” notifications (pop-up alerts which briefly show a message, then disappear automatically) from your own scripts.
The program is a tiny download, which contains a single executable (L2ToastNotification.exe), an image which you can replace to customise the look of your notification, and a text file (Toast.txt) with instructions.
Using ToastNotification is as easy as passing it three arguments, each enclosed in quotes: a title, line 1 and line 2.
L2ToastNotification “Pay attention!” “Free space running short on” “Drive D: !!!”
You must supply three arguments, or ToastNotification crashes (passing it an empty string, “”, works fine).
Each argument can only display a maximum of about 27 characters, so choose carefully.
ToastNotification also displays the 90×90 image ToastNotification.png in your alert. The default image contains the developer’s logo, but you can either delete this to leave a blank space, or replace it with a logo or some other image of your own.
Whatever you choose, the alert displays for around 7 seconds before disappearing. You cannot change this timeout, the alert’s appearance (background colour etc) or define a “click” action for the alert.
Verdict:
An easy way to give your scripts a professional touch.
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Social Networking
Date Updated:12 May 2015
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