InputBox dialog

In Borland's VCL there was an InputBox dialog, and also a slight variant
called an InputQuery dialog, which asked the user to input information. I do
not see an equivalent for this in the .NET framework. Does one exist in the
.NET framework ?

In the Systems.Windows.Form namespace topic, I read concerning MessageBox:

"In addition to the common dialog boxes, the System.Windows.Forms namespace
provides the MessageBox class for displaying a message box that can display
and retrieve data from the user."

I do not see how the MessageBox class retrieves data from the user. Does
anybody ? Perhaps MS had originally intended to use the .NET MessageBox to
also allow the retrieving of data, ala the VCL InputBox, and then decided
against it.

Morten
Sun Oct 17 07:47:24 CDT 2004

Hi Edward,

I think the retrieving of data from the user is limited to Yes, No,
Cancel, Retry etc.

--
Happy Coding!
Morten Wennevik [C# MVP]

Edward
Sun Oct 17 09:37:21 CDT 2004

Morten Wennevik wrote:
> Hi Edward,
>
> I think the retrieving of data from the user is limited to Yes, No,
> Cancel, Retry etc.

That is not retrieving data, but rather just getting a response. OK, there
is no InputBox equivalent in .NET. It is easy enough to write one's own.

Sriram
Sun Oct 17 11:27:49 CDT 2004

Well - there's one other way :-)

Try using the Visual Basic compatibility namespace - they have done the
InputBox dialog for you

--
Sriram Krishnan

http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/weblog/sriram


"Edward Diener" <eddielee@tropicsoft.com> wrote in message
news:OeEeQbFtEHA.3200@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Morten Wennevik wrote:
>> Hi Edward,
>>
>> I think the retrieving of data from the user is limited to Yes, No,
>> Cancel, Retry etc.
>
> That is not retrieving data, but rather just getting a response. OK, there
> is no InputBox equivalent in .NET. It is easy enough to write one's own.
>
>

Edward
Sun Oct 17 12:24:58 CDT 2004

Sriram Krishnan wrote:
> Well - there's one other way :-)
>
> Try using the Visual Basic compatibility namespace - they have done
> the InputBox dialog for you

What is the Visual Basic compatibility namespace ?

>
>
> "Edward Diener" <eddielee@tropicsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:OeEeQbFtEHA.3200@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> Morten Wennevik wrote:
>>> Hi Edward,
>>>
>>> I think the retrieving of data from the user is limited to Yes, No,
>>> Cancel, Retry etc.
>>
>> That is not retrieving data, but rather just getting a response. OK,
>> there is no InputBox equivalent in .NET. It is easy enough to write
>> one's own.

Sriram
Sun Oct 17 13:33:01 CDT 2004

Its a namespace designed to ease the transition from VB6 to VB.NET. Since
VB6 has the inputbox function, they needed to implement it in.NET too. It is
in fact a simple Winform designed for your convenience. Check out
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dv_vstechart/html/vbtchmicrosoftvisualbasicnetinternals.asp

--
Sriram Krishnan

http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/weblog/sriram


"Edward Diener" <eddielee@tropicsoft.com> wrote in message
news:eYFb64GtEHA.2560@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Sriram Krishnan wrote:
>> Well - there's one other way :-)
>>
>> Try using the Visual Basic compatibility namespace - they have done
>> the InputBox dialog for you
>
> What is the Visual Basic compatibility namespace ?
>
>>
>>
>> "Edward Diener" <eddielee@tropicsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:OeEeQbFtEHA.3200@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>> Morten Wennevik wrote:
>>>> Hi Edward,
>>>>
>>>> I think the retrieving of data from the user is limited to Yes, No,
>>>> Cancel, Retry etc.
>>>
>>> That is not retrieving data, but rather just getting a response. OK,
>>> there is no InputBox equivalent in .NET. It is easy enough to write
>>> one's own.
>
>