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How to close a MessageBox after several seconds

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Try the following approach: AutoClosingMessageBox.Show(“Text”, “Caption”, 1000); Where the AutoClosingMessageBox class implemented as following: public class AutoClosingMessageBox { System.Threading.Timer _timeoutTimer; string _caption; AutoClosingMessageBox(string text, string caption, int timeout) { _caption = caption; _timeoutTimer = new System.Threading.Timer(OnTimerElapsed, null, timeout, System.Threading.Timeout.Infinite); using(_timeoutTimer) MessageBox.Show(text, caption); } public static void Show(string text, string caption, int timeout) { new AutoClosingMessageBox(text, … Read more

Bold text in MessageBox

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It is possible, a message box is a regular window that can be messed with like any other. The code to do so is however a bit gritty. Add a new class to your project and paste this code: using System; using System.Text; using System.Drawing; using System.Windows.Forms; using System.Runtime.InteropServices; class BoldMessageBox : IDisposable { private … Read more

Show message Box in .net console application

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We can show a message box in a console application. But first include this reference in your vb.net or c# console application System.Windows.Forms; Reference: To add reference in vb.net program right click (in solution explorer) on your project name-> then add reference-> then .Net-> then select System.Windows.Forms. To add reference in c# program right click … Read more

center MessageBox in parent form [duplicate]

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I really needed this in C# and found Center MessageBox C#. Here’s a nicely formatted version using System; using System.Windows.Forms; using System.Text; using System.Drawing; using System.Runtime.InteropServices; public class MessageBoxEx { private static IWin32Window _owner; private static HookProc _hookProc; private static IntPtr _hHook; public static DialogResult Show(string text) { Initialize(); return MessageBox.Show(text); } public static DialogResult … Read more

How have you successfully implemented MessageBox.Show() functionality in MVVM?

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Services to the rescue. Using Onyx (disclaimer, I’m the author) this is as easy as: public void Foo() { IDisplayMessage dm = this.View.GetService<IDisplayMessage>(); dm.Show(“Hello, world!”); } In a running application, this will indirectly call MessageBox.Show(“Hello, world!”). When testing, the IDisplayMessage service can be mocked and provided to the ViewModel to do what ever you want … Read more

MessageBox with YesNoCancel – No & Cancel triggers same event

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This should work fine: Dim result As DialogResult = MessageBox.Show(“message”, “caption”, MessageBoxButtons.YesNoCancel) If result = DialogResult.Cancel Then MessageBox.Show(“Cancel pressed”) ElseIf result = DialogResult.No Then MessageBox.Show(“No pressed”) ElseIf result = DialogResult.Yes Then MessageBox.Show(“Yes pressed”) End If

WPF MessageBox window style

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According to this page, WPF picks up the old styles for some of the controls. To get rid of it, you have to create a custom app.manifest file (Add -> New item -> Application Manifest File) and paste the following code in it (right after the /trustInfo – Tag ): <!– Activate Windows Common Controls … Read more