Timeout in Visual C++

[tawanda diza]

hie

i am working on a certain project and what I want to do is to make one of my dialogs time out after 5minutes i.e if there is no activity for 5minutes, then it times out to the main menu

The main menu dialog is called MrmDiagDlg

Thanks in advance

[Banfa]

So set a timer on the dialogue for 5 minutes and when it goes off exit the dialogue

[tawanda diza]

Hie Banfa

I am new to Visual C++, may you please help on how to exactly put a timer on a Dialog. This is what i am actually looking for. I don't know how to put a timer.

Thanks

[Banfa]

Well that rather depends on how you have developed your dialogue, particularly which of the various Windows libraries (WIN32, MFC, .NET to name the most common ones supplied by Microsoft) but since you have failed to give any actual detail of your project it is hard to say.