[AccessD] VB.Net - seeing the messagebox

If the MB isn't working, how about displaying a custom form  and setting 
it's z-order to "TOPMOST" with the SetWindowPos API call.


On 14 May 2007 at 17:16, jwcolby wrote:

> Well... Yea, 
> 
> 
> John W. Colby
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> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Shamil
> Salakhetdinov
> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 4:25 PM
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> Subject: Re: [AccessD] VB.Net - seeing the messagebox
> 
> John,
> 
> IOW you wanted to have a message box/form "flying" on top of all the other
> windows but not blocking nor your VB.NET application nor other processes?
> 
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> Shamil
> 
> 
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> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 11:28 PM
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> Subject: Re: [AccessD] VB.Net - seeing the messagebox
> 
> Shamil,
> 
> Nope, I didn't try that.  It doesn't sound like something I want to do
> either. 
> 
> 
> John W. Colby
> Colby Consulting
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Shamil
> Salakhetdinov
> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 3:20 PM
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] VB.Net - seeing the messagebox
> 
> John,
> 
> Did you try to use
> 
> MsgBoxStyle.SystemModal ? (Be careful it stops all the running processes as
> it's written in docs):
> 
> 
> Dim msg As String
> Dim title As String
> Dim style As MsgBoxStyle
> Dim response As MsgBoxResult
> msg = "Do you want to continue?"   ' Define message.
> style = MsgBoxStyle.DefaultButton2 Or _
>         MsgBoxStyle.Critical Or _
>         MsgBoxStyle.YesNo Or _
>         MsgBoxStyle.SystemModal 
> title = "MsgBox Demonstration"   ' Define title.
> ' Display message.
> response = MsgBox(msg, style, title)
> If response = MsgBoxResult.Yes Then   ' User chose Yes.
>    ' Perform some action.
> Else
>    ' Perform some other action.
> End If
> 
> 
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> Shamil
> 
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> Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2007 5:10 PM
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> Subject: [AccessD] VB.Net - seeing the messagebox
> 
> When I run my program, the form immediately pops up, I click a button and
> the program starts processing files.  I added a messagebox.show to inform me
> when each file finishes (I was timing with a stopwatch) but that message box
> does not pop up over the top of everything else.  The program has stopped
> and the message is up, but behind everything else and I do not see it unless
> I click the form icon in the tool bar.  It doesn't even cause the tool bar
> icon for the form to change color or flash.
> 
> Is there a way to make it do so (somehow notify me)?  
> 
> John W. Colby
> Colby Consulting
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Stuart