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Context: I have a small script that alerts the user of an event by creating a message box using the Windows in built message box (Ref: MSDN MessageBox ) which is imported using ctypes . This script is for Windows OS. Problem: Currently, the message box will appear on top of all other windows, but because it's such a small window, a user can easily click onto another window which could hide the message box. What I want I want to keep the message box always on top of other windows. If this can't be done, then alternatively is there a way to increase the dimensions of the message box? Example

I have a message box with 3 buttons: Yes, No, Help: var result = MessageBox.Show("text", "title", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo, MessageBoxIcon.Warning, MessageBoxDefaultButton.Button1, true); I can detect if Yes/No buttons where clicked something like this: if(result == DialogResult.Yes) // some actions How I can detect that Help button was pressed and execute my own code? AMissico You want to handle the Form's HelpRequested event. See the example in the help topic . public static DialogResult Show( string text, string caption, MessageBoxButtons buttons, MessageBoxIcon icon, MessageBoxDefaultButton

In a WPF application, I am outputting messages to a text box and in between these messages I am calling a function that sets up an instrument. However the messages all appear at the same time (at end of function call). I do not really know how to explain my problem clearly. I'll try... I have a WPF application which takes data from an instrument using the serial port. The application contains some buttons and a text box for output messages. Upon pressing a button, the application sends a command to the instrument to change some parameters (through a function Set_COMM_MODE() ), and returns. The

When I open a MessageBox with options YesNo, the (usually) cancelling cross in the upper right is shown but has no effect. System.Windows.MessageBox.Show("Really, really?", "Are you sure?", MessageBoxButton.YesNo); If I offer YesNoCancel as options, clicking the cross closes the Dialog with DialogResult Cancel. System.Windows.MessageBox.Show("Really, really?", "Are you sure?", MessageBoxButton.YesNoCancel); I would have expected that the cross is "looking disabled" if not hidden at all, when clicking it has no effect. Probably I am not the first one observing this. What is your favorite way to