[RESOLVED] How to hide message box

I need to do something crazy.

I need to fire a message box, but it should not be visible.

And I need to close that message box some time later, without user intervention.

I know is crazy and bad coding. Is only a nasty temporary patch until I discover what is wrong in my code.

(is related to this problem: http://www.codeguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=467042 ):ehh:

Does the messagebox have a title?

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Originally Posted by HairyMonkeyMan

Does the messagebox have a title?

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The line is

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msgbox("")

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I don't care about it being a messagebox, or any other thing that does the work, until I discover what is going wrong with my code.

If the messagebox has a title, you can use apis to get the messagebox's window handle, then you can use other apis to hide the window, and destroy it with your timer.

No. No. No, Marraco

This will just make things worse than it is already. It makes absolutely no sense at all showing an invisible messagebox - just for something to finish, then lose that invisible messagebox. It is invisible, so that defeats its whole purpose. In the other thread you are refrring to Application.DoEvents - why doen't you wnt to use it, will it really save so much clock cycles ¿ Sorry for sounding frank, but an invsible messagebox is definitely not the way to go, at least in my opinion...

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Originally Posted by HairyMonkeyMan

If the messagebox has a title, you can use apis to get the messagebox's window handle, then you can use other apis to hide the window, and destroy it with your timer.

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Sounds promissing

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Originally Posted by HanneSThEGreaT

This will just make things worse than it is already.

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Sure. is temporary until I understand why the timer don't tick, and how to fix it.

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Originally Posted by HanneSThEGreaT

It makes absolutely no sense at all showing an invisible messagebox - just for something to finish, then lose that invisible messagebox. It is invisible, so that defeats its whole purpose. In the other thread you are referring to Application.DoEvents - why doen't you wnt to use it, will it really save so much clock cycles

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1-Yes, it would save clock cicles. At least I would remove an

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If Condition...end If

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avoiding it to be executed millions of times.
2-This way, I are sure, the progressBar, [and DoEvents] are updated, [and executed] only 2 times by second (the lap between Timer ticks is 500 ms), independently of the speed of the processor.
3-This way I can reuse this code for different tasks. Probably making an user control.
5-It removes clutter from my main code, making it easy to maintain.

4-Learning WHY &%·%$· it does not works, [and why the messagebox "fix" it] could be valuable.

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Originally Posted by HanneSThEGreaT

¿ Sorry for sounding frank, but an invisible messagebox is definitely not the way to go, at least in my opinion...

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I like when you sound frank.

I totally agree that an invisible messagebox is definitely not the way to go.
... It its only by chance that it makes my code run "the right" way. ¿Why starting a msgbox allows my timer to tick??:eek:

No Idea

I solved it
(http://www.codeguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=467042)

No more nasties MsgBox(""):D

Glad you solved it! :thumb:

Good luck! :wave: