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Mon Jan 09 09:40:04 CST 2006
Here is the way I display a custom Logon Dialog. It could be easily
modified to display a custom message box. The usage is:
//-------------------------------------
public bool GetLogonCredentials()
{
bool retVal = false;
DialogResult logon = frmLogon.ShowLogonDialog();
if (logon == DialogResult.OK)
{
this.logonName = frmLogon.userName;
this.password = frmLogon.password;
retVal = true;
}
return retVal;
}
//The CLASS is as follows:
//--------------------------------------
public partial class frmLogon : Form
{
public static string userName = string.Empty;
public static string password = string.Empty;
/// <summary>
/// Required designer variable.
/// </summary>
private System.ComponentModel.IContainer components = null;
/// <summary>
/// Clean up any resources being used.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="disposing">true if managed resources should be disposed;
otherwise, false.</param>
protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
{
if (disposing && ( components != null ))
{
components.Dispose();
}
base.Dispose(disposing);
}
#region Windows Form Designer generated code
/// <summary>
/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
/// the contents of this method with the code editor.
/// </summary>
private void InitializeComponent()
{
System.ComponentModel.ComponentResourceManager resources = new
System.ComponentModel.ComponentResourceManager(typeof(frmLogon));
this.btnLogon = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
this.label1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
this.txtUserName = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
this.txtPassword = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
this.label2 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
this.btnCancel = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
this.SuspendLayout();
//
// btnLogon
//
this.btnLogon.DialogResult = System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK;
this.btnLogon.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(205, 58);
this.btnLogon.Name = "btnLogon";
this.btnLogon.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(75, 23);
this.btnLogon.TabIndex = 4;
this.btnLogon.Text = "Logon";
this.btnLogon.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
this.btnLogon.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.btnLogon_Click);
//
// label1
//
this.label1.AutoSize = true;
this.label1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(2, 9);
this.label1.Name = "label1";
this.label1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(71, 13);
this.label1.TabIndex = 0;
this.label1.Text = "Logon Name:";
//
// txtUserName
//
this.txtUserName.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(70, 6);
this.txtUserName.Name = "txtUserName";
this.txtUserName.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(210, 20);
this.txtUserName.TabIndex = 1;
//
// txtPassword
//
this.txtPassword.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(70, 32);
this.txtPassword.Name = "txtPassword";
this.txtPassword.PasswordChar = '*';
this.txtPassword.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(210, 20);
this.txtPassword.TabIndex = 3;
//
// label2
//
this.label2.AutoSize = true;
this.label2.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(17, 35);
this.label2.Name = "label2";
this.label2.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(56, 13);
this.label2.TabIndex = 2;
this.label2.Text = "Password:";
//
// btnCancel
//
this.btnCancel.DialogResult = System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.Cancel;
this.btnCancel.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(124, 58);
this.btnCancel.Name = "btnCancel";
this.btnCancel.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(75, 23);
this.btnCancel.TabIndex = 5;
this.btnCancel.Text = "Cancel";
this.btnCancel.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
this.btnCancel.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.btnCancel_Click);
//
// frmLogon
//
this.AcceptButton = this.btnLogon;
this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(6F, 13F);
this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font;
this.CancelButton = this.btnCancel;
this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(283, 86);
this.Controls.Add(this.btnCancel);
this.Controls.Add(this.txtPassword);
this.Controls.Add(this.label2);
this.Controls.Add(this.txtUserName);
this.Controls.Add(this.label1);
this.Controls.Add(this.btnLogon);
this.Icon = ( (System.Drawing.Icon)( resources.GetObject("$this.Icon") ) );
this.Name = "frmLogon";
this.StartPosition = System.Windows.Forms.FormStartPosition.CenterScreen;
this.Text = "Logon";
this.ResumeLayout(false);
this.PerformLayout();
}
#endregion
private System.Windows.Forms.Button btnLogon;
private System.Windows.Forms.Label label1;
private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox txtUserName;
private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox txtPassword;
private System.Windows.Forms.Label label2;
private System.Windows.Forms.Button btnCancel;
public frmLogon()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void btnLogon_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
userName = txtUserName.Text;
password = txtPassword.Text;
this.Close();
}
public static DialogResult ShowLogonDialog()
{
frmLogon formLogon = new frmLogon();
DialogResult result = formLogon.ShowDialog();
return result;
}
public static DialogResult ShowLogonDialog(IWin32Window owner)
{
frmLogon formLogon = new frmLogon();
DialogResult result = formLogon.ShowDialog(owner);
return result;
}
private void btnCancel_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
this.Close();
}
}
"Marcus Ogden" <MarcusOgden@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4231BFD3-4519-428A-A2EE-DCE901A90486@microsoft.com...
>I have a .NET 2.0 form that parents a message box. Neither is currently
> active. How can I programatically activate the message box? I can't seem
> to
> do it via the .NET Framework, since message boxes aren't .NET forms, so
> I've
> tried doing it via the Win32 API, but still no luck. Here's what I've
> tried
> so far:
>
> // First activate the parent form
> parentForm.Activate();
>
> // Now attempt to activate the message box itself
> const int GW_CHILD = 5;
> const int WM_ACTIVATE = 6;
> const int WA_INACTIVE = 0;
> const int WA_ACTIVE = 1;
>
> int hwndParent = (int)parentForm.Handle;
> int hwndMsgBox = GetWindow(hwndParent, GW_CHILD);
>
> if (hwndMsgBox != 0)
> {
> SendMessage(hwndMsgBox, WM_ACTIVATE, WA_ACTIVE, hwndMsgBox);
> SendMessage(hwndParent, WM_ACTIVATE, WA_INACTIVE, hwndMsgBox);
> }
>
> Regards,
>
> Marcus Ogden
> Software Development
> QSR International Pty Ltd
>
>