Looks like you didn't get all of the post.
What you need to do is to set a reference to the
"Windows Script Host Object Model" on the
Tools | References menu in the VBE.

Jim Cone
San Francisco, USA


"R.VENKATARAMAN" wrote in message
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In one of my serches in googles group I found pearson's sub on having a
transient message box

quote
Dim SH As IWshRuntimeLibrary.WshShell
Dim Res As Long
Set SH = New IWshRuntimeLibrary.WshShell
Res = SH.Popup(Text:="Click Me", secondstowait:=5, _
Title:="Hello, World", Type:=vbOKOnly)
unquote

as suggested i have referenced in vbeditor tools references
<windows scripting host object model(ver 1.0)
and then run the above sub
But I get an error message and the sub stops at the line
<Dim SH As IWshRuntimeLibrary.WshShell
the error mesage is
<user defined type not defind
where I am doing the mistake
mine excel 2000
windows 98SE
request help
thanks regards.