Prompt Dialog in Windows Forms

Question

I am using System.Windows.Forms but strangely enough don\'t have the ability to create them.

How can I get something like a javascript prompt dialog, wi

Answer 1

Other way of doing this: Assuming that you have a TextBox input type, Create a Form, and have the textbox value as a public property.

public partial class TextPrompt : Form
{
    public string Value
    {
        get { return tbText.Text.Trim(); }
    }

    public TextPrompt(string promptInstructions)
    {
        InitializeComponent();

        lblPromptText.Text = promptInstructions;
    }

    private void BtnSubmitText_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        Close();
    }

    private void TextPrompt_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        CenterToParent();
    }
}

In the main form, this will be the code:

var t = new TextPrompt(this, "Type the name of the settings file:");
t.ShowDialog()

;

This way, the code looks cleaner:

1. If validation logic is added.
2. If various other input types are added.