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ltlbearand3, thanks for the answer. &nbsp;The example you posted was very complete and will solve my problem.
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ltlbearand3, thanks for the answer.  The example you posted was very complete and will solve my problem.

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I want to have a popup window display some progress information during the running of an OpenOffice basic macro. &nbsp;That is, I want it to popup and then disappear on its own. &nbsp;Is there a way to have a message box or dialog automatically close when used in an OpenOffice basic macro? &nbsp;MsgBox requires the user to press a button and when I try using a dialog box they don't close with the .dispose, .endExecute, or .endDialog methods. &nbsp; I've tried this in OOo3.3 on WinXP and RHEL 4, works the same on both. &nbsp;Thanks.<br />
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Simple basic macro displays a dialog box.

DialogMacro.txt

I want to have a popup window display some progress information during the running of an OpenOffice basic macro.  That is, I want it to popup and then disappear on its own.  Is there a way to have a message box or dialog automatically close when used in an OpenOffice basic macro?  MsgBox requires the user to press a button and when I try using a dialog box they don't close with the .dispose, .endExecute, or .endDialog methods.   I've tried this in OOo3.3 on WinXP and RHEL 4, works the same on both.  Thanks.

Auto Close OpenOffice Dialog Boxes

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