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MessageBox loses focus in maximized MDI form

I have an MDI application (written in .NET 2.0) which lets users open multiple child forms. The child forms are always maximized inside the MDI parent. When the MDI parent is maximized and I attempt to do a MessageBox.Show, the MessageBox doesn't show. If I do an alt-tab (or even just press alt) the MessageBox pops to the front. Any ...

VB.Net MessageBox.Show() moves my form to the back

I have an MDI application. When I show a message box using MessageBox.Show(), the entire application disappears behind all of my open windows when I dismiss the message box. The code is not doing anything special. In fact, here is the line that invokes the message box from within an MDI Child form: MessageBox.Show(String.Format("{0} sa...

Suggestions for a MessageBox.Show replacement that does not block GUI thread?

a while back I ran across a situation where we needed to display message-boxes to the user for notifications but we could not use MessageBox.Show because it blocks the GUI thread (so nothing on the screen gets updated while the dialog is active). Any suggestions on an alternative? [I coded an alternative at the time but I don't like it....

MessageBox.Show-- font change?

Hi all, I'm using the MessageBox class to show errors to users, and while that might not be the right behavior, it's very convenient. This is a touchscreen application, however, so I need the 'ok' button to be much larger than it is (curse my inordinately large fingers!). I think that if I increase the font size in the dialog box, I s...

custom button captions in .net messagebox?

Is there an easy way to display a messagebox in VB.Net with custom button captions? I came across this, in the SO archives, but it's for managed C++ http://stackoverflow.com/questions/77293/what-is-an-easy-way-to-create-a-messagebox-with-custom-button-text-in-managed-c ...

asp.net message box

Hello friends I am looking for a custom control which could enable me to call message of following type http://extjs.com/deploy/dev/examples/message-box/msg-box.html I have searched 2 days now but no luck with it. I am looking for control which function like .net desktop application messagebox. I know, exactly similar may not be possi...

Best practices for formatting a message for MessageBox.Show(...) in Winforms for Vista

In XP/2003 I had become accustomed to writing my MessageBox.Show(..) code like this : MessageBox.Show("Title", "Sorry an error has occured!\n" + "You may want to try one of the following:\n\n" + "1. Reboot your machine\n" + "2. Buy a new machine\n" + ...

Access VBA: Suppressed Runtime Errors

While I'm developing my MS Access application, I open it with shift click. When an Error occurs, that is not trapped (by ON ERROR ...), a message box pops up informing me about the error. This is a good thing. When a user open my application, he does't shift click, and an appropriate Start Form opens. However, now untrapped Errors don't...

General Question for messageboxes

messagebox (handle, 'do you really want to exit?', 'are you sure?', 1); in this button there are two things, what the user can do. ok and cancel. what code do i have to write, that the button closes the program at "ok" and ends the dialog, when pressing cancel? ...

How to change MessageBox.Icon

Hello :D Does anyone knows how to change icons of MessageBox? I want to change to some icons made by me. Thanks. ...

How do I intercept a NotImplementedException in a WPF application?

How do I intercept a NotImplementedException in a WPF application? I'll occasionally throw a NotImplementedException while testing my in-progress WPF application: Private Sub ButtonDoSomething_Click(...) Handles ButtonDoSomething.Click Throw New NotImplementedException( _ "ButtonDoSomething_Click() not implemented.") End Su...

WPF: Does MessageBox Break PreviewMouseDown?

I've been trying to get my WPF application to prompt users to either discard their unsaved changes or to cancel when they navigate using a TreeView. How can I cancel a user’s WPF TreeView click? How do I properly handle a PreviewMouseDown event with a MessageBox confirmation? I think I've found a bug. The MessageBox does not play ni...

How do I add a scrollable list of items to an SWT messagebox?

I want to pop up a messagebox in SWT with a potentially long list of items. Can I add a List widget, or should I make a new shell and populate it with a Label, List, and two Buttons? ...

Making a fixed tooltip vanish by scrolling.

I'm trying to create a messagebox that is fixed to the bottom of a webpage, so when a user scrolls, it stays put (simple css). However, I'd like the messagebox to disappear when the user scrolls to a certain point in the webpage. For example, if you have a signup form on the bottom of your site, I'd like to create a messagebox that rea...

Gmail like alert box (for infomation or error display) throught jQuery in ASP.NET

I am looking for some sample code/control which gives me the feel of gmail like message box through jQuery in ASP.NET. ...

Different style on buttons in messagebox in different projects.

Hi! I have a problem with the style of the button in a messagebox. If I call the following line of code in a current project the button get one type of visual apperance/style. And If I create a new VB.NET Windows Application project it gets a standard Windows apperance/style. Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("Yaay", "Yaay!", Windows.Forms...

Silverlight MessageBox.Show blocking WCF service call in BackgroundWorker

When a MessageBox is being displayed from Silverlight, any calls to a WCF service being executed in a BackgroundWorker are blocked. The OpenFileDialog.ShowDialog allows these calls to go through. Is the browser (IE7) blocking network access during a MessageBox? We can create our own modal window, but this causes developer code to ch...

MessageBox.Show flavor that shows up on the taskbar

Is there a way to call MessageBox.Show that appears in the taskbar? It would probably be best to just create a custom form and display it of course, but being a lazy programmer I want to avoid redoing the default Error and Alert notification icons you get with a good old fashioned MessageBox.Show call. ...

How to display an error message box in a web application asp.net c#

Hi, I have an ASP.NET web application, and I wanted to know how I could display an error message box when an exception is thrown. For example, try { do something } catch { messagebox.write("error"); //[This isn't the correct syntax, just what I want to ach...

WinForm MessageBox replacement with copy and "more detail" option?

I have seen some apps with a messagebox which allows the user to copy the message and a "more detail" button which when clicked, the messagebox expands to show more information. Is there a similar free component I can download and use in my .NET apps (preferably with source)? I know I probably can develop one but I just want a ready mad...