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What would the code look like that displays a message that will close in 5 seconds?
I'm interested in Win32 functions, not the capabilities of programming languages (C#, C++, etc.).
Have you got any updates? Did these answers help?
What is the general principle of searching for the necessary win32 api function? For example, I am a programmer, I have a need: to create a self-closing message. Where should I contact to be provided with information? Does Microsoft have paid help? Why is it that when I go to the official Microsoft forum, I get help from random people who are not related to Microsoft in any way?
@Participant, Several community members have offered guidance and even sample code in response to your question about a timed message box and the Windows API.However, you appear unwilling to consider those responses because they did not come from Microsoft employees. As I see it, the vast majority of answers to programming questions on the Q&A site come from community members that are not Microsoft employees.
Some may be associated with organizations that have relationships with Microsoft (e.g., "Microsoft Vendor") but are not Microsoft employees.
You wrote earlier, "For example, I am a programmer, I have a need: to create a self-closing message." Well, if that is the case then you should be able to take advantage of the information to write your own code that achieves your objective or use the referenced Windows API functions.
Should you decide to write your own code and have further questions about your implementation I expect the community would be happy to provide additional assistance.
If you want to a paid help, you could open an incident via Contact us tab at link below: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/support/
Please choose the Technical Support - Coding/Debugging for Windows SDK for this issue.
There is an old MS sample in the KB (https://ftp.zx.net.nz/pub/Patches/ftp.microsoft.com/MISC/KB/en-us/181/934.HTM)
Is it the Microsoft developers themselves who offer this method? You did not give a link to the Microsoft site.
Is it the Microsoft developers themselves who offer this method? You did not give a link to the Microsoft site.
Is it the Microsoft developers themselves who offer this method? You did not give a link to the Microsoft site.
Is it the Microsoft developers themselves who offer this method? You did not give a link to the Microsoft site.
Is it the Microsoft developers themselves who offer this method? You did not give a link to the Microsoft site.
Is it the Microsoft developers themselves who offer this method? You did not give a link to the Microsoft site.
This is not a link to the Microsoft website, but to some other website.
You can see it is an archive to MS KB which does not exist anymore
Like in archives :https://web.archive.org/web/20140525083136/http://support.microsoft.com/kb/181934
@Castorix31 Glad to see your account issue was addressed. Automatic improper content deletions are bad enough but suspending accounts is way over the top!
What does Microsoft currently offer to create a self-closing window?
Microsoft has not ceased to exist, why do you suggest using the archive?
@Participant, For a long time Microsoft has been removing old technical content previously known as "Knowledge Base" articles from its internet sites. In many cases this technical content is still relevant today but Microsoft has deleted it. However, some sites have archived this material so that it is not lost forever. A perfect example of the usefulness of such archives that is relevant to your question can be found here -- Modality, part 7: A timed MessageBox, the cheap version.
It starts with "The more robust you want the TimedMessageBox function to be, the more work you need to do. Here’s the cheap version, based on the sample in the Knowledge Base, but with some additional bug fixes." But the Knowledge base link to the sample is broken because Microsoft removed the content.
@Castorix31 Glad to see your account issue was addressed. Automatic improper content deletions are bad enough but suspending accounts is way over the top!
Yes, but I'm no longer surprised by everything that happens on this site :-)
The most annoying thing which exists for months is seeing on the right "commented..." or "answered...", but when I want to see the comment or answer in the thread, I see nothing and I must wait hours so that comments or answers appear (and in this thread I see plenty of duplicates of Participant comments...)
Yes, the chronic failure to timely update for posted content is very annoying. I have complained about this issue for a very long time but it seems that there has been no progress in identifying and remediating the underlying problems.
One workaround that I have used to see posted content that is not displayed is to append "?orderby=newest" to the browser URL and load the page again.
There is a Windows API function that will create a self-closing message box based on a timer - WTSSendMessageA function. Refer to the function's Timeout argument. You can obtain the session id of your own session by calling the ProcessIdToSessionId function.
The WTSSendMessageA function is associated with the remote desktop. My program does not work with remote desktop. Does Microsoft have a function for normal work?
The Wtssendmessage function is associated with the remote desktop. My program does not work with remote desktop.
The WTSSendMessageA function is associated with the remote desktop.
WTSSendMessage can be called from a regular Win32 Desktop Application.
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If you are willing to write some code a timed message box can also be implemented using the TaskDialogIndirect function to take advantage of its built-in timer and callback feature.
TDF_CALLBACK_TIMER
Indicates that the task dialog's callback is to be called approximately every 200 milliseconds.