The /flash command flashes the mIRC titlebar and tray icon. The title of the window can be set if the parameter is provided. mIRC or the window specified must not be the active window for this to work. The N parts of the switches are optional, if not specified the flashing and beeping will repeat continuously.

Synopsis

/flash -wNbNrN [windowName] [titleText]

Switches

• -wN - play the flash sound, limit to N times
• -bN - beep, limit to N times
• -rN - repeat the flashing N times

Parameters

• [titleText] - The text to show up in the titlebar
• [windowName] - The window name to flash

Example

alias example {
  ; create a new desktop window, minimize it
  window -den @example
  ; flash the window, beep
  flash -b @example
}

Compatibility

Added: mIRC v5.3

Added On: 13/12/97

Note: Individual switches were not taken into consideration.

See also

• List of commands
• List of identifiers
• $window
• $ebeeps
• $vol
• /beep
• /ebeeps
• /vol
• /window