IUIService.ShowDialog(Form) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Windows.Forms.Design

Assembly:: System.Windows.Forms.dll

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Attempts to display the specified form in a dialog box.

public:
 System::Windows::Forms::DialogResult ShowDialog(System::Windows::Forms::Form ^ form);

public System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult ShowDialog (System.Windows.Forms.Form form);

abstract member ShowDialog : System.Windows.Forms.Form -> System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult

Public Function ShowDialog (form As Form) As DialogResult

Parameters

form: Form

The Form to display.

Returns

DialogResult

One of the DialogResult values indicating the result code returned by the dialog box.

Examples

The following code example attempts to obtain an instance of the IUIService class and invoke the service's ShowDialog method.

IUIService^ UIservice = dynamic_cast<IUIService^>(this->GetService( System::Windows::Forms::Design::IUIService::typeid ));
if ( UIservice != nullptr )
      UIservice->ShowDialog( gcnew ExampleForm );

IUIService UIservice = (IUIService)this.GetService( 
    typeof( System.Windows.Forms.Design.IUIService ) );
if( UIservice != null )            
    UIservice.ShowDialog(new ExampleForm());

Dim UIservice As IUIService = CType(Me.GetService( _
    GetType(System.Windows.Forms.Design.IUIService)), IUIService)
If (UIservice IsNot Nothing) Then
    UIservice.ShowDialog(New ExampleForm())
End If

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