How to hold the program execution for several seconds

[uticket]

Hi, is there any function in .net that will hold the program execution for several seconds, like we use sleep or wait in C/Unix.

.net does have sleep or wait function, but it seems they involves threads.

What I want to do is just to wait 5 seconds, then close the form if the user does not do that. But I hope I do not have to put a timer on the form. I just want a simpler command.

Any hints will be appreciated.

Thanks!

 

[huel]

uticket,
The command

System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(5000)

should make the current thread (the form it is placed in) sleep for five seconds.