Create pop up 'toaster' effect message

I'm trying to replicate the Gmail Notifier popup. It both fades in (Opacity) and raises from the start bar.

I've managed to do the fade in\out using a timer and opacity but how do I:

A) make the form appear to 'pop up'? (I think its height 开发者_如何学Gogrows via a timer from 0 to it's max?

B) Locate it's start point exactly above the task bar as pictured on all screen resolutions\Windows flavours?

I ended up doing this:

Create "Toast" Popup Notification Windows http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=351757

Works great, includes VB and C# versions too.