DialogMessage

A homemade messagebox for Windows

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Implementation

using DialogMessage;

if (DMessage.ShowMessage(

    // Window Title
    "Window Title",

    // Main Instruction
    "Want to learn how to write your own message box?",

    // Dialog buttons
    DMessage.MsgButtons.YesNo,

    // Dialog Icons
    DMessage.MsgIcons.Question,

    // Content
    "In this project we will learn the logic necessary " +
    "to write your own dialog message box in Windows")

    // Checks DialogResult of the button clicked by user
    == DialogResult.Yes)

    // Show the Windows standard MessageBox to test result
    MessageBox.Show("You clicked Yes!");

else

    MessageBox.Show("You clicked No!");

Supports six image configurations in an enum

// Message icon enum for switch statement in ShowMessage
// This will set the Image for the PictureBox
public enum MsgIcons
{
    None = 0,
    Question = 1,
    Info = 2,
    Warning = 3,
    Error = 4,
    Shield = 5
}

Supports three button configurations in an enum

// Message button enum for switch statement in ShowMessage
// This will set the properties of the form buttons and their DialogResult
public enum MsgButtons
{
    OK = 0,
    OKCancel = 1,
    YesNo = 2
}