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CommonDialog.RunDialog Method

.NET Framework 4

When overridden in a derived class, is called to display a particular type of Win32 common dialog.

Namespace: Microsoft.Win32
Assembly: PresentationFramework (in PresentationFramework.dll)

protected abstract bool RunDialog(
	IntPtr hwndOwner
)

Parameters

hwndOwner: Type: System.IntPtr
Handle to the window that owns the dialog box.

Return Value

Type: System.Boolean
If the user clicks the OK button of the dialog that is displayed (e.g. OpenFileDialog, SaveFileDialog), true is returned; otherwise, false.

Remarks

The dialog that is eventually shown is assigned an owner window, which is specified by the hwndOwner parameter.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

CommonDialog Class

Microsoft.Win32 Namespace

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