Dynamically Creating a WinForms Dialog
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class InputBox
{
/// <summary>
/// Displays a dialog with a prompt and textbox where the user can enter information
/// </summary>
/// <param name="title">Dialog title</param>
/// <param name="promptText">Dialog prompt</param>
/// <param name="value">Sets the initial value and returns the result</param>
/// <returns>Dialog result</returns>
public static DialogResult Show(string title, string promptText, ref string value)
{
Form form = new Form();
Label label = new Label();
TextBox textBox = new TextBox();
Button buttonOk = new Button();
Button buttonCancel = new Button();
form.Text = title;
label.Text = promptText;
textBox.Text = value;
buttonOk.Text = "OK";
buttonCancel.Text = "Cancel";
buttonOk.DialogResult = DialogResult.OK;
buttonCancel.DialogResult = DialogResult.Cancel;
label.SetBounds(9, 20, 372, 13);
textBox.SetBounds(12, 36, 372, 20);
buttonOk.SetBounds(228, 72, 75, 23);
buttonCancel.SetBounds(309, 72, 75, 23);
label.AutoSize = true;
textBox.Anchor = textBox.Anchor | AnchorStyles.Right;
buttonOk.Anchor = AnchorStyles.Bottom | AnchorStyles.Right;
buttonCancel.Anchor = AnchorStyles.Bottom | AnchorStyles.Right;
form.ClientSize = new Size(396, 107);
form.Controls.AddRange(new Control[] { label, textBox, buttonOk, buttonCancel });
form.ClientSize = new Size(Math.Max(300, label.Right + 10), form.ClientSize.Height);
form.FormBorderStyle = FormBorderStyle.FixedDialog;
form.StartPosition = FormStartPosition.CenterScreen;
form.MinimizeBox = false;
form.MaximizeBox = false;
form.AcceptButton = buttonOk;
form.CancelButton = buttonCancel;
DialogResult dialogResult = form.ShowDialog();
value = textBox.Text;
return dialogResult;
}
}
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