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Delay MessageBox with auto-close option

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This message box delays its dismissal by disabling the OK button for a delay interval. It also has an optional auto-close feature. There are two versions, one uses a WH_CBT hook and some basic window tricks like sub-classing to achieve its goal. The other one is more MFC-ied.
//{{NO_DEPENDENCIES}}
// Microsoft Visual C++ generated include file.
// Used by DelayMsgBoxDemo.rc
//
#define IDR_MANIFEST                    1
#define IDD_DELAYMSGBOXDEMO_DIALOG      102
#define IDR_MAINFRAME                   128
#define ICONEXCLAMATION                 129
#define ICONQUESTION                    130
#define ICONSTOP                        131
#define ICONINFORMATION                 132
#define IDC_BUTTON1                     1000
#define IDC_EDIT1                       1002
#define IDC_EDIT2                       1003
#define IDC_CHECK1                      1005
#define IDC_RADIO1                      1006
#define IDC_RADIO2                      1007
#define IDC_RADIO3                      1008
#define IDC_RADIO4                      1009
#define IDC_CHECK2                      1010

// Next default values for new objects
// 
#ifdef APSTUDIO_INVOKED
#ifndef APSTUDIO_READONLY_SYMBOLS
#define _APS_NEXT_RESOURCE_VALUE        133
#define _APS_NEXT_COMMAND_VALUE         32771
#define _APS_NEXT_CONTROL_VALUE         1011
#define _APS_NEXT_SYMED_VALUE           101
#endif
#endif

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Nish Nishant is a technology enthusiast from Columbus, Ohio. He has over 20 years of software industry experience in various roles including Chief Technology Officer, Senior Solution Architect, Lead Software Architect, Principal Software Engineer, and Engineering/Architecture Team Leader. Nish is a 14-time recipient of the Microsoft Visual C++ MVP Award.

Nish authored C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications in 2005, and co-authored Extending MFC Applications with the .NET Framework for Addison Wesley in 2003. In addition, he has over 140 published technology articles on CodeProject.com and another 250+ blog articles on his WordPress blog. Nish is experienced in technology leadership, solution architecture, software architecture, cloud development (AWS and Azure), REST services, software engineering best practices, CI/CD, mentoring, and directing all stages of software development.

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