TimedMsg

Description

Short story: Add a time-out to ordinary MsgBox's so they can be dismissed after some period of no user reaction.

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Published

This sample, or the one from which it originally derived, was published (or at least peripherally mentioned) in the following article(s):

Print Text at an Angle, Ask the VB Pro, VBPJ, January 1999

APIs Usage

This sample uses the following API calls:

Module Library Function

TimedMsg.frm user32
FindWindow
SendMessage

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Download

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Download TimedMsg.zip, 11Kb, Last Updated: Wednesday, March 22, 2000

See Also

The following resources may also be of interest:

MovedMsg - Position a MsgBox anywhere on screen, or directly over specified window.