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Showing a MsgBox dialog to a user is great to inform them of stuff or get input. But it can be a problem if the user isn't paying attention to your application and doesn't notice the dialog. But a dialog with a timeout ... using the Windows API function "MessageBoxTimeout" ... won't wait indefinitely ... it'll wait as long as you want it to wait.

I wanted to have a simple piece of code that I could drop into any host application in which I am developing VBA code that would get me the application window handle ...

This post concerns working with the Registry outside of the "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VB and VBA Program Settings" key.

Working with files and folders from VBA code can be a hassle - here's my standard procedures to make working with files and folders simpler

Application.OnTime is great if you want to call your procedure to the nearest second. What do you do if you want finer control than that?

The following code will make the entire UserForm transparent. I'm sure there is a practical use for this, I'm just now sure what it is!...

The following code will hide the whole title bar of the UserForm window. Why would you want to do this? The only time I do is when...

The close (or 'X') button appears at the right in the title bar of every UserForm. You can control the behaviour when it is clicked, or...

Adding an icon to a UserForm's title bar can help to give a professional look to your UserForm. The source icon must be a .ico file. If...

Code often needs to pause and wait for something else to happen. There are a number of options to do this. In Excel, you can use...