taken from here as personal note
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14522540/close-a-messagebox-after-several-seconds
public class AutoClosingMessageBox { System.Threading.Timer _timeoutTimer; string _caption; AutoClosingMessageBox(string text, string caption, int timeout) { _caption = caption; _timeoutTimer = new System.Threading.Timer(OnTimerElapsed, null, timeout, System.Threading.Timeout.Infinite); MessageBox.Show(text, caption); } public static void Show(string text, string caption, int timeout) { new AutoClosingMessageBox(text, caption, timeout); } void OnTimerElapsed(object state) { IntPtr mbWnd = FindWindow(null, _caption); if(mbWnd != IntPtr.Zero) SendMessage(mbWnd, WM_CLOSE, IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero); _timeoutTimer.Dispose(); } const int WM_CLOSE = 0x0010; [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)] static extern IntPtr FindWindow(string lpClassName, string lpWindowName); [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = System.Runtime.InteropServices.CharSet.Auto)] static extern IntPtr SendMessage(IntPtr hWnd, UInt32 Msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam); }How to use it
AutoClosingMessageBox.Show("Text", "Caption", 1000);