Dialog boxes are used to interact with the user and retrieve information. In simple terms, a dialog box is a form with its BorderStyle property set to FixedDialog. You can construct your own custom dialog boxes the Form class. Add controls such as Label, Textbox, and Button to customize dialog boxes to your specific needs. The NGWS frameworks also include predefined dialog boxes (such as File Open, and message boxes), which you can adapt for your own applications.
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Basic dialog box construction | Creating Dialog Boxes |
Using predefined dialog box controls | Dialog Box Controls |
Showing dialog boxes | Displaying Dialog Boxes for Win Forms |
Showing message boxes | Displaying Message Boxes |
Showing a dialog box modally versus modelessly | Displaying Modal and Modeless Forms |
The property that stores the information created when a dialog box is closed | How to Handle User Input to Dialog Boxes |
Working with the property that stores the information created when a dialog box is closed | Closing Dialog Boxes and Retaining User Input |
Working with the resultant information generated by a dialog box being closed | Retrieving the Result for Dialog Boxes |
Using properties to return individual elements of dialog box data | Retrieving Dialog Box Information Selectively Using Multiple Properties |
Using an object to expose a group of related data from a dialog box | Retrieving Dialog Box Information Collectively Using Objects |
Accessing information from a dialog box's parent form | Retrieving Information from the Parent Form of a Dialog Box |
Incorporating the tab control into a dialog box | Tab Control |