Dialog with no user interaction

Hi all,
I would like to use the one button dialog that would just showing a message without requiring any user interaction. With the dialog, I only want to display a message for the user. I want the program to continue running without needing user interaction. I just want to let the user know that something happened. I don't need to user to do anything. How do I do that?
Yik
Kudos and Accepted as Solution are welcome!
Solved!
Go to Solution.

A more common approach is to use a "Status log" (just a string on the UI that gives the user some idea what is going on.)
Here is a construct I often use (place the control "Status" on the UI, Add a control to the referance to "Status" wire the Connector pane.) This type of action engine (see Ben's excellant nugget) lets you send update messages to the user from anywhere in the application instance space without leaving pop-ups all over the screen.
And should you wish, you can add cases to Show, blink, unblink, highlight, move or Hide the indicator so it peeks out and dances
Jeff

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halabaluba wrote:
We are interested in deploying iPads to users in our company, but we want to do so with minimal user interaction. From what I can tell the best way to do this would be to sync our iPads with one computer and have that computer's iTunes manage the applications that can be installed on all device.
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Who will own the iPads?
Will you allow them to take the iPads home?
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Re-image computer with no user interaction at all - SCCM 2012

I have searched many posts and havent found a clear solution for my question.
Basically, I have OSD task sequence ready to go on my SCCM 2012 R2. It is fine to run it as "Available".
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Guess I just answered question myself. With PXE Password removed, the OSD runs without user interaction. Thanks. I will add the password in task sequences instead.
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This doesn't affect Windows Updates since those can be configured to install automatically on a schedule without any user interaction or privilege elevation.
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We use Altiris Software Delivery solution to deploy our Java updates but you could also use similar solutions such as Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager.
The problem is that these are both options that cost money and require investment and training.
Altiris allows you to create a collection based on the text string held in the Add/Remove Programs list (as well as other fields) - so you can easily create a collection of computers that do not have the required version of Java.
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Need backup solution with zero user interaction

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