>What I don't see is how to cause the timer to dismiss the form. It must be obvious but it escapes me. Any spoon-feeding on this will really be appreciated.
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>>Try a "Timer" control and let him do the job

Hi Mark,

With the Timer control in the form, you can use its interval property and some codes in Timer event to dismiss the form.
Timer event occurs when the number of milliseconds specified in the Interval property has elapsed.