This component is an alternative for the MessageBox and ShowMessage. It gives the programmer the possibility to give the end-user Messages without locking the application.
It consists of a panel anywhere on a form. Default the alignment is at the bottom. 

The messages can be read from a file or entered direct in the application or a combination of both.

However meant to interact with the user without locking, sometimes attention must be drawn from the enduser on a serious matter. So optional locking is added. Still no Messagebox is shown but the application will be locked until a special key (default the
The Button can be filled with a bitmap (the LockShut.bmp is used in the demo).

The duration of showing the message is controllable as is the color of the message and beeping on showing it
In the component, 3 color combinations can be defined. Of course these can always be overridden if needed.