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CommonDialog::ShowDialog Method
Visual Studio 2010
Runs a common dialog box with a default owner.
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
Return Value
Type: System.Windows.Forms::DialogResultDialogResult::OK if the user clicks OK in the dialog box; otherwise, DialogResult::Cancel.
The following code example uses the ColorDialog implementation of CommonDialog and illustrates creating and showing a dialog box. This example requires that the method is called from within an existing form, which has a TextBox and Button placed on it.
private: void button1_Click( Object^ /*sender*/, System::EventArgs^ /*e*/ ) { ColorDialog^ MyDialog = gcnew ColorDialog; // Keeps the user from selecting a custom color. MyDialog->AllowFullOpen = false; // Allows the user to get help. (The default is false.) MyDialog->ShowHelp = true; // Sets the initial color select to the current text color. MyDialog->Color = textBox1->ForeColor; // Update the text box color if the user clicks OK if ( MyDialog->ShowDialog() == ::System::Windows::Forms::DialogResult::OK ) { textBox1->ForeColor = MyDialog->Color; } }
- PrintingPermission
to print from a PrintDialog. Associated enumeration: PrintingPermissionLevel::SafePrinting
- UIPermission
for safe subwindows to call this method. Associated enumeration: UIPermissionWindow::SafeSubWindows
Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, 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.
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