[RESOLVED] message box??

is there a way i could call a "custom message box (no title bar, border) inside a form(not being able to drag outside of the parent form) example


just something i whipped together just for concept:


http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/l...Untitled-2.png

can you not makea new form and make it a child of the containing form

Check this one from CodeBank : http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...tom+messagebox :wave:

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Originally Posted by incidentals

can you not makea new form and make it a child of the containing form

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how do you make it a child??.. if you dont mind explaing .. or just point me in the right direction..?? i dont want code just want to know how i would go about it.. ;)

and akhilesh

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i cant seem to get it to work it keeps saying ..

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Error 7 sub 'Dispose' must be declared 'Overloads' because another 'Dispose' is declared 'Overloads' or 'Overrides'. C:\Users\Visual-Basic\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\msgbox\Form1.vb 596 17 msgbox

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nvm on that.. but now how does this help me.. it does nothing.. well i made a form with the fixed code and .. nothing just my form

The simplest way would be to use a panel.

two options

(1) make main form an mdicontainer in properties

and call

msgform.mdiparent=me
msgform.show()

or

(2) make main form mdicontainer temporarily

and call

me.ismdicontainer=true
msgform.mdicparent=me
msgform.show()

and when closing msgform include

mainform.ismdiform=false


hope this helps

i like the second option, but now ive run iinto another one

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/l...Untitled-3.png

you need to set the z value of your form

make it always on top

true form2.topmost=true either before call or if possible in properties of form

sorry I am leading you up the proverbial garden path

there appears to be no way to get infromt of the mdiparents bits

so i suggest as the message box is to appear in the middle of your arena

create a patch where the message is to be and build up the appearance as you have so far

use a frame to mount your work on so all your elements will be called frame.whatever

then simple call fram.visibile=true to show and frame.visible=false to hide

the message is frame.textbox="string" where the text is to appear

hope this makes amends for my error

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Originally Posted by rockyamyx

and akhilesh



nvm on that.. but now how does this help me.. it does nothing.. well i made a form with the fixed code and .. nothing just my form

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Sorry, I didn't tested that code. I found that after searching the VB.Net CodeBank

Another way is to show the second form as Modal to the first one.
You could do it in this way:

vb.net Code:

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
 
        Form2.ShowDialog()
 
    End Sub

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^^ thx guys/girls i think i got it ^^

i did it like so

VB.NET Code:

Public Sub playagainMsg()
        Dim msgform As New msgbox()
        'Set the Parent Form of the Child window.
        Me.IsMdiContainer = True
        msgform.MdiParent = Me
        msgform.Location = New Point(25, 370) ' PUT IN THE EXACT LOCATION
        msgform.Show()
    End Sub

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/l...Untitled-2.png

i know it looks crappy.. but its come a-long way ^^

the whole point of that is so it pops up after [END RESULT] happens like game over or if you when money im going to put lables where variables are but use phoshop to puut other stuff like your winnings are: X
hard project to first start out on eay

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