how to display textbox information in messagebox.

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Hi,

I am trying to create GUI in c#. I have started learning c# recently. I am using windows application from. I have one main form and several user controls. I have start button in main form. when i click that button i want to check one of the user control textbox value is right or wrong.

So when i click that button I need to display a message "please verify transfer volume" along with textbox, value of text box and ok, cancel buttons.

I have tried with "messageBox.show" but i am not able to display textbox and its value from user control. Can any one help me with that. how can i do it.

Thanks in advance,

Posted 12-Mar-13 4:14am

vebi1000

Updated 12-Mar-13 4:15am

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joshrduncan2012 12-Mar-13 10:16am

Can you show us what you have so far? Where are you stuck in your code?

[no name] 12-Mar-13 10:17am

First off it's MessageBox.Show as C# is case sensitive. What did you try? MessageBox.Show(yourtextbox.Text) should work for you.

vebi1000 12-Mar-13 10:24am

I don't want to show textbox.Text in MessageBox.Show method, I am trying to create a textBox in MessageBox.Show() method, the textBox in MessageBox.Show should contain the same content of one of the textbox in user control and if i change in MessageBox method it has to change there.

[no name] 12-Mar-13 10:35am

Then you are creating your very own messagebox. You cannot do what you think you want to do (which is a very bad idea to begin with) with a standard message box.

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Basically, you shouldn't do that.
The problem is that the usercontrol should be a "black box" - your form should not be able to tell what it's content is, except for the items it publicly exposes.

So, either your UserControl needs to provide a property to return the textbox content or (possibly better) do the validation itself.

There is a Tip here which describes this: Transfering information between two forms, Part 2: Child to Parent[^] - it's form based, but the same thing applies to UserControls as well.

"I don't want to show textbox.Text in MessageBox.Show method, I am trying to create a textBox in MessageBox.Show() method, the textBox in MessageBox.Show should contain the same content of one of the textbox in user control and if i change in MessageBox method it has to change there. Is it possible?"

No.

You can't change "standard" messageboxes - they are what they are.
But it's pretty easy to create your own, with all the functionality you want. Just create a new form, size it appropriately, and add the buttons you actually need.
Set these properties:

C#

FormBorderStyle = FixedToolWindow
ShowInTaskBar = False
StartPosition =  CenterScreen

And use the ShowDialog method to display it.

Posted 12-Mar-13 4:29am

OriginalGriff

Updated 12-Mar-13 5:15am

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vebi1000 12-Mar-13 10:31am

I don't want to show textbox.Text in MessageBox.Show method, I am trying to create a textBox in MessageBox.Show() method, the textBox in MessageBox.Show should contain the same content of one of the textbox in user control and if i change in MessageBox method it has to change there. Is it possible?

OriginalGriff 12-Mar-13 11:16am

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Pheonyx · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-12T04:31:00

Hi Vebi,

I do not believe that what you are trying to achieve is possible in the approach you are taking.
However, if you create your own "message box" form which has on it a text box, a label and two buttons then you could work from that to achieve the desired affect.

For example,

MyCustomMessageBox could be a form that has the given controls on it already.
MyCustomMessageBox is then given either a custom "Show" method, or a custom Constructor into which you pass the values to be displayed.
You give the form a read only property called "NewTextboxValue" which returns the value in the text box.

You then called "MyCustomMessageBox.Show" and monitor the form for closing. Once the form closes update your initial textbox with the new value.