Terminate message box in thread programmatically

[mclaio]

We use a third party component for address normalization. When calling a function within this component, normally it returns within a second without any error. Sometimes the component displays an error message box and hangs the unattended process.

We would like to use a timer to trigger termination of the message box. We have also tried using the component in a separate thread and aborting the thread but are not able to catch the exception. The only way to abort seems to be clicking on the message box. Is there any way to terminate the message box so that the application can run unattended ?

Thanks in advance.

Dave