Display msg for xx time without user "OK"

[uson]

Mr. Excel experts!

How do I display a message for x time units then have the message disappear? Other code I've seen requires the user to OK the form. Basically, I have code to that saves/closes after xx time units. I want to notify the users at the beginning that the workbook will close after XX time of inactivity. Here's the code. How do I work around needing a response? Using this code if the user never OK's it, the timer never starts. Make sense?

Thanks.

This workbook

Private Sub Workbook_Open()
Call SetTime
MsgBox "This workbook will auto-close after 5 minutes of inactivity"
End Sub

Private Sub Workbook_BeforeClose(Cancel As Boolean)
Call Disable
End Sub

Private Sub Workbook_SheetCalculate(ByVal Sh As Object)
Call Disable
Call SetTime
End Sub

Private Sub Workbook_SheetSelectionChange(ByVal Sh As Object, ByVal Target _
As Excel.Range)
Call Disable
Call SetTime
End Sub

Module 1

Dim DownTime As Date

Sub SetTime()
DownTime = Now + TimeValue("00:05:00")
Application.OnTime DownTime, "Shutdown"
End Sub

Sub ShutDown()
ThisWorkbook.Save
ThisWorkbook.Close
End Sub

Sub Disable()
On Error Resume Next
Application.OnTime EarliestTime:=DownTime, Procedure:="ShutDown", _
Schedule:=False
End Sub

 

[Jaafar Tribak]

You could use a modeless userform instead of the Msgbox.