RE: Newbie & timing issue

[<martyn 2 russell bt com>]

> Between warnings this warning program's form must not appear on the screen. ie
> The warning will popup and display for a predefined period of time and then
> disappear till next time.
> 
> Can this be done with gtk+ ?

Yes.

> 
> Now the timing issue is something I can handle if this was a console program
> so
> I am asking if a gtk+ created form can be made to appear and disappear on
> requests from the program.
> 

Yes it can.  It would be a GtkWindow or a GtkDialog, either way, it is a GtkWidget and you can use gtk_widget_hide () and gtk_widget_show () with the window/dialog.

As for timing, I suggest you look into g_timeout_add () unless you already have that covered :)

Regards,
Martyn