Custom MessageBox at run time in C#

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Is there an easy way (or perhaps a third-party implementation) to programmatically create a MessageBox with various types of controls on it? Ideally, with some sort of scripting language (ie. XML).

I would prefer not to code this myself from scratch.

This question is hard to understand. What platform are you using? — Yuriy Faktorovich, Sep 15 '10 at 21:41
Customized form is the easiest way out for this. You can just call it every time you need it. — Rye, Sep 16 '10 at 08:25
Perhaps this could help: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6932792/how-to-create-a-custom-messagebox?lq=1 — Ankur Sharma, May 27 '13 at 13:08

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 15 '10 at 21:46

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There are two ways to do this. One is called WinForms, the other WPF. The latter even uses an XML language (called XAML). Since you didn’t specify what kinds of controls you need, this is the best answer I can offer to your question because it covers the widest available range of controls.

answered Sep 15 '10 at 21:46

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I will be adding things like checkboxes, radio buttons, textboxes, updown controls, and dropdowns. – MarkP Sep 15 '10 at 22:21

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 15 '10 at 21:45

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Could you not create a form and customise it as a compromise?

answered Sep 15 '10 at 21:45

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This is my backup method. I would add some sort of XML parsing on top to make it customizable. – MarkP Sep 15 '10 at 22:30

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:19

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I had a similar question. Custom MessageBoxes are much simpler to create than what I thought.

How to create a custom MessageBox

edited May 23 '17 at 12:19

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answered Aug 03 '11 at 21:05

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Custom MessageBox at run time in C#

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