David, thanks for the compliment. If you want to make the message more noticeable, just drop a big old label on the top of the form (or anywhere) and say:

MyLabel.caption = "HEY! CHECK THIS OUT!"
MyLabel.BackColor = vbRed

Or whatever. You can even hide and unhide it with:

MyLabel.visible = TRUE 'or FALSE

If you really want to get crazy, you can make it FLASH with a little Timer event. Just set your TIMER INTERVAL property for the form to 1000 (for one second) and then in the TIMER EVENT for the form, say:

If MyLabel.visible = TRUE then
   MyLabel.Visible = FALSE
else
   MyLabel.Visible = TRUE
end if

Now sit back and watch your label start flashing. I love this trick.

Hope that answers your question. :)