autoclose messagebox

Is there any way to close a messagebox short of user interaction?
I guess not because the installer seems to stop when a messagebox is thrown.
So is there way around that?

The thing is I'm doing a version check online oninit. This takes a few seconds during which the installer looks like it's doing nothing. I can throw a messagebox informing the user of what happens but I'd like to continue and autoclose the box when the check is finished.

You are not really supposed to display UI in .onInit.

Have you looked at the banner plugins?

Using the BgWorker plugin on a custom page will probably work as well.

I looked at the banner plugins but in the end stayed with MessageBox solution which works fine for my needs.

http://nsis.sourceforge.net/ThreadTimer_plug-in is your friend!