Dialogs and the Main Menu

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Dialogs and the Main Menu
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A Simple Message Box

• Just pops up a message with an ok button
• MessageBox.Show("Alarm Time Reached","Alert")

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Confirm Dialog

• Contains both Yes and No buttons.
• MessageBoxButtons buttons MessageBoxButtons.YesN
  o
• DialogResult result
• result MessageBox.Show ( this,
• "Really Remove Alarm?", "confirm",
• buttons)
• if(result DialogResult.Yes)
• // do something

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File Selection Dialog

• private void btnFile_Click(object sender,
  System.EventArgs e)
• OpenFileDialog filedialog new
  OpenFileDialog()
• filedialog.Title "Find Your File"
  filedialog.InitialDirectory _at_"c\"
  filedialog.Filter "All files (.).All
  files (.)." filedialog.FilterIndex 2
  filedialog.RestoreDirectory true
  if(filedialog.ShowDialog()
  DialogResult.OK) do something with
  filedialog.FileName

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Custom Dialog Forms

• Add the new form
• project --gt add windows form
• Design it
• Add code for ok and cancel buttons
• this.Hide()
• Add code in main form to popup new form
• AddForm tempform new AddForm()
• tempform.Show()

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Adding a MainMenu