I wanted a managed API free way to easily display a question Vist/Seven style task dialog in C#. So I hacked up a custom control, laid out a form and threw together a static class to make it easy to show like the standard winforms messagebox.
//2010 Rickey Ward Diamonddrake.com
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace DiamondDrake.Forms
{
public class frmQuestionBox : Form
{
public frmQuestionBox()
{
InitializeComponent();
this.Icon = SystemIcons.Question;
pictureBox1.Image = SystemIcons.Question.ToBitmap();
}
public frmQuestionBox(string caption, string question)
: this()
{
this.Text = caption;
this.QuestionText = question;
this.DescriptionText = string.Empty;
}
public frmQuestionBox(string caption, string question, Image Image24x24)
: this()
{
this.Text = caption;
this.QuestionText = question;
this.DescriptionText = string.Empty;
pictureBox1.Image = (Image)Image24x24.Clone();
}
public frmQuestionBox(string caption, string question, string description)
: this()
{
this.Text = caption;
this.QuestionText = question;
this.DescriptionText = description;
}
public frmQuestionBox(string caption, string question, string description, Image Image24x24)
: this()
{
this.Text = caption;
this.QuestionText = question;
this.DescriptionText = description;
pictureBox1.Image = (Image)Image24x24.Clone();
}
public string QuestionText
{
get { return this.lblbx_question.Text; }
set { this.lblbx_question.Text = value; }
}
public string DescriptionText
{
get { return this.lblbx_descripton.Text; }
set { this.lblbx_descripton.Text = value; }
}
#region VSDesigner stuff
///
/// Required designer variable.
///
private System.ComponentModel.IContainer components = null;
///
/// Clean up any resources being used.
///
/// true if managed resources should be disposed; otherwise, false.
protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
{
if (disposing && (components != null))
{
components.Dispose();
}
base.Dispose(disposing);
}
#region Windows Form Designer generated code
///
/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
/// the contents of this method with the code editor.
///
private void InitializeComponent()
{
this.pnlButtons = new System.Windows.Forms.Panel();
this.btnCancel = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
this.btnOK = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
this.pictureBox1 = new System.Windows.Forms.PictureBox();
this.lblbx_question = new DiamondDrake.Controls.LabelBox();
this.lblbx_descripton = new DiamondDrake.Controls.LabelBox();
this.pnlButtons.SuspendLayout();
((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.pictureBox1)).BeginInit();
this.SuspendLayout();
//
// pnlButtons
//
this.pnlButtons.BackColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.Control;
this.pnlButtons.Controls.Add(this.btnCancel);
this.pnlButtons.Controls.Add(this.btnOK);
this.pnlButtons.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Bottom;
this.pnlButtons.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(0, 105);
this.pnlButtons.Name = "pnlButtons";
this.pnlButtons.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(335, 39);
this.pnlButtons.TabIndex = 0;
//
// btnCancel
//
this.btnCancel.DialogResult = System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.No;
this.btnCancel.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(171, 8);
this.btnCancel.Name = "btnCancel";
this.btnCancel.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(75, 23);
this.btnCancel.TabIndex = 1;
this.btnCancel.Text = "No";
this.btnCancel.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
//
// btnOK
//
this.btnOK.DialogResult = System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.Yes;
this.btnOK.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(252, 8);
this.btnOK.Name = "btnOK";
this.btnOK.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(75, 23);
this.btnOK.TabIndex = 0;
this.btnOK.Text = "Yes";
this.btnOK.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
//
// pictureBox1
//
this.pictureBox1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(12, 12);
this.pictureBox1.Name = "pictureBox1";
this.pictureBox1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(48, 48);
this.pictureBox1.SizeMode = System.Windows.Forms.PictureBoxSizeMode.CenterImage;
this.pictureBox1.TabIndex = 1;
this.pictureBox1.TabStop = false;
//
// lblbx_question
//
this.lblbx_question.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Transparent;
this.lblbx_question.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Microsoft Sans Serif", 12F);
this.lblbx_question.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Blue;
this.lblbx_question.HorizontalAlignment = System.Drawing.StringAlignment.Near;
this.lblbx_question.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(66, 12);
this.lblbx_question.Name = "lblbx_question";
this.lblbx_question.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(257, 48);
this.lblbx_question.TabIndex = 2;
this.lblbx_question.Text = "This is a sample question?";
this.lblbx_question.VerticalAlignment = System.Drawing.StringAlignment.Center;
//
// lblbx_descripton
//
this.lblbx_descripton.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Transparent;
this.lblbx_descripton.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Microsoft Sans Serif", 9.75F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, ((byte)(0)));
this.lblbx_descripton.HorizontalAlignment = System.Drawing.StringAlignment.Near;
this.lblbx_descripton.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(12, 66);
this.lblbx_descripton.Name = "lblbx_descripton";
this.lblbx_descripton.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(311, 33);
this.lblbx_descripton.TabIndex = 3;
this.lblbx_descripton.Text = "This is a sample description";
this.lblbx_descripton.VerticalAlignment = System.Drawing.StringAlignment.Near;
//
// frmQuestionBox
//
this.AcceptButton = this.btnOK;
this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(6F, 13F);
this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font;
this.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.White;
this.CancelButton = this.btnCancel;
this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(335, 144);
this.Controls.Add(this.lblbx_descripton);
this.Controls.Add(this.lblbx_question);
this.Controls.Add(this.pictureBox1);
this.Controls.Add(this.pnlButtons);
this.FormBorderStyle = System.Windows.Forms.FormBorderStyle.FixedSingle;
this.MaximizeBox = false;
this.MinimizeBox = false;
this.Name = "frmQuestionBox";
this.ShowInTaskbar = false;
this.SizeGripStyle = System.Windows.Forms.SizeGripStyle.Hide;
this.StartPosition = System.Windows.Forms.FormStartPosition.CenterScreen;
this.Text = "frmQuestionBox";
this.TopMost = true;
this.pnlButtons.ResumeLayout(false);
((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.pictureBox1)).EndInit();
this.ResumeLayout(false);
}
#endregion
private System.Windows.Forms.Panel pnlButtons;
private System.Windows.Forms.Button btnCancel;
private System.Windows.Forms.Button btnOK;
private System.Windows.Forms.PictureBox pictureBox1;
private DiamondDrake.Controls.LabelBox lblbx_question;
private DiamondDrake.Controls.LabelBox lblbx_descripton;
#endregion
}
public static class QuestionBox
{
public static DialogResult Show(string caption, string question)
{
using (frmQuestionBox dialog = new frmQuestionBox(caption, question))
{
return dialog.ShowDialog();
}
}
public static DialogResult Show(string caption, string question, string description)
{
using (frmQuestionBox dialog = new frmQuestionBox(caption, question, description))
{
return dialog.ShowDialog();
}
}
public static DialogResult Show(string caption, string question, string description, Image Image24x24)
{
using (frmQuestionBox dialog = new frmQuestionBox(caption, question, description, Image24x24))
{
return dialog.ShowDialog();
}
}
public static DialogResult Show(string caption, string question, Image Image24x24)
{
using (frmQuestionBox dialog = new frmQuestionBox(caption, question, Image24x24))
{
return dialog.ShowDialog();
}
}
}
}
namespace DiamondDrake.Controls
{
public class LabelBox : Control
{
public LabelBox()
{
//Set up double buffering and a little extra.
this.SetStyle(ControlStyles.UserPaint | ControlStyles.OptimizedDoubleBuffer |
ControlStyles.AllPaintingInWmPaint | ControlStyles.SupportsTransparentBackColor,
true);
//set up some default values
this.BackColor = Color.Transparent;
_stringformat = new StringFormat();
_stringformat.LineAlignment = StringAlignment.Near;
_stringformat.Alignment = StringAlignment.Center;
this.Font = new Font("Microsoft Sans Serif", 12F);
}
private StringFormat _stringformat;
public StringAlignment VerticalAlignment
{
get { return _stringformat.LineAlignment; }
set { _stringformat.LineAlignment = value; this.Invalidate(); }
}
public StringAlignment HorizontalAlignment
{
get { return _stringformat.Alignment; }
set { _stringformat.Alignment = value; this.Invalidate(); }
}
protected override void OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e)
{
base.OnPaint(e);
e.Graphics.DrawString(this.Text, this.Font, new SolidBrush(this.ForeColor), this.ClientRectangle, _stringformat);
}
}
}