counter, timer ?

[torg]

I`ve got at button btnSave.

when i push this button a messagewindow

messagebox.show("It`s all saved") should pop up for an amount of time i.e 5 sec. Could anybody give me an code example on how to achieve this?

[Robby]

Instead of a MesaageBox, use a regular form.

[torg]

That`s a good Idea. Thanks, but I still have a problem: to create a counter, timer or what can be used to make the window open for i.e. 5 sec and the close, by using a button to trigger the event.

[Nerseus]

If you want the open form to close itself, use a Timer on the form. The event would just call "Me.Close()" in VB or "this.Close();" in C#.

 

The button would do the same thing.

 

If you want a button on the opening form to close the popup, you can't, or shouldn't be able to. Hopefully your new form that mimics a messagebox is being shown modal so that the opening form won't accept any messages (like a button click).

 

There's also an article in MSDN mag (click here). It's a bit advanced, using Windows hooks, but does allow what you want using the built-in message box. It's not light reading!

 

-nerseus

[torg]

Ok, thank you I`ll try this