timed message window by Kai Team - 2013-07-01

Another option would be to use a form (click here) with the DelayExit property. The form could display a message in a Memo element and a button to proceed that the user could click if they want to continue before the delay exit you've set. This is a bit more complicated than lignumaqua's suggestion, but gives you complete control over what the message looks like (size, position, background color, text size and color, etc), if that's important to you.

Edited to Add: Here's code for a basic form to get you started. Just run the code stand alone to see how it works. The form will disappear after 3 seconds (you can change the time) or immediately if you click the OK button. If you decide to go this route and you call the form repeatedly, put the form in a subroutine and then just update $Memo1 and call the subroutine wherever in your code you want to display a message.

GSK

$Memo1="This is a test message!" WHILE TRUE    $FormExit = form($Form1,"")    BEGINCASE        CASE $FormExit = "DelayExit"        BREAK        CASE $FormExit = "SystemExit"        RETURN Msg="Macro Canceled"        CASE $FormExit = "OK"        BREAK    ENDCASE ENDWHILE BEGINSUB Name=Run ENDSUB <Data> VarName=$form1 #******************************************************************** # Form generated by GSAK form designer on Mon 01-Jul-2013 18:29:55 #******************************************************************** Name = Form1  Type = Form  Caption = Message  Delay = 3  Height = 281  Width = 500 Name = OK  Type = Button  Height = 25  Left = 208  Top = 198  Width = 75  Taborder = 8  Caption = OK Name = Memo1  Type = Memo  Height = 139  Left = 41  Top = 30  Width = 409  Taborder = 11 <enddata>