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Simple vbscript timed message box using embedded hta.
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TimedBox.vbs
'***********************
'Name: Timed Messages
'Author: Jeremy England
'Company: SimplyCoded
'Version: rev.001
'Date: 1/02/2015
'***********************
Option Explicit
Dim objFSO : Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Dim objSHL : Set objSHL = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
TimedBox "Welcome to Jeremy's Script.",4000,"by SimplyCoded"
'Setup Process
'------------------------------------------------------------
Function TimedBox(boxMessage, boxTime, boxTitle)
Dim tempFolder : Set tempFolder = objFSO.GetSpecialFolder(2)
Dim tempFile : tempFile = objFSO.GetTempName() & ".hta"
With tempFolder.CreateTextFile(tempFile)
.WriteLine "<html><HTA:APPLICATION SysMenu=""no"" Scroll=""no"" Border=""dialog"">" & _
"<head> <title>" & boxTitle & "</title> <script language = ""VBScript"">"
.WriteLine "Sub Window_OnLoad"
.WriteLine "window.moveTo 550,280"
.WriteLine "window.resizeTo 250, 130"
.WriteLine "idTimer = window.setTimeout(""PausedSection""," & boxTime & ", ""VBScript"")"
.WriteLine "End Sub"
.WriteLine "Sub PausedSection"
.WriteLine "window.close"
.WriteLine "End Sub"
.WriteLine "</script></head><body><p align=""center""> " & boxMessage & "</p></body></html>"
.Close
End With
objSHL.Run tempFolder & "\" & tempFile, 1, True
objFSO.DeleteFile tempFolder & "\" & tempFile
End Function
'------------------------------------------------------------
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