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 I've been using the message box (Windows) for long time, and once in a while a message box will hold up a process from finishing.  Is there any way to code a timeout on a message box and force the default response after say X number of seconds?

 

The message box variables I'm familiar with are TEXT, TITLE, TYPE, ICON, DEFAULT (response), VALUE 

Thanks,

 I've been using the message box (Windows) for long time, and once in a while a message box will hold up a process from finishing.  Is there any way to code a timeout on a message box and force the default response after say X number of seconds?

 

The message box variables I'm familiar with are TEXT, TITLE, TYPE, ICON, DEFAULT (response), VALUE 

Thanks,

From what I can tell, the standard MessageBox class does not implement a timer functionality. It is recommended that you instead create your own messagebox class using a standard form and then add a timer to it's Load method.

You don't mention what version of the MessageBox class you are using. Is this for WinForms, WPF, native code, etc?

I assumed that you are using WinForms so I created a simple example based on that technology. 

I have attached it to this reply.

Thanks.timedmsgbox.zip

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