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Centering MessageBox, Common DialogBox or Form on applications

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Simple component to center any MessageBox, Form or CommonDialog on applications.
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        ProjectGuid = "{02305236-FD71-40BC-825A-1EF5B42A70F6}"
    >
        <Build>
            <Settings
                ApplicationIcon = ""
                AssemblyKeyContainerName = ""
                AssemblyName = "DialogBox"
                AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile = ""
                DefaultClientScript = "JScript"
                DefaultHTMLPageLayout = "Grid"
                DefaultTargetSchema = "IE50"
                DelaySign = "false"
                OutputType = "Library"
                PreBuildEvent = ""
                PostBuildEvent = ""
                RootNamespace = "DialogBox"
                RunPostBuildEvent = "OnBuildSuccess"
                StartupObject = ""
            >
                <Config
                    Name = "Debug"
                    AllowUnsafeBlocks = "false"
                    BaseAddress = "285212672"
                    CheckForOverflowUnderflow = "false"
                    ConfigurationOverrideFile = ""
                    DefineConstants = "DEBUG;TRACE"
                    DocumentationFile = ""
                    DebugSymbols = "true"
                    FileAlignment = "4096"
                    IncrementalBuild = "false"
                    NoStdLib = "false"
                    NoWarn = ""
                    Optimize = "false"
                    OutputPath = "bin\Debug\"
                    RegisterForComInterop = "false"
                    RemoveIntegerChecks = "false"
                    TreatWarningsAsErrors = "false"
                    WarningLevel = "4"
                />
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                    BaseAddress = "285212672"
                    CheckForOverflowUnderflow = "false"
                    ConfigurationOverrideFile = ""
                    DefineConstants = "TRACE"
                    DocumentationFile = ""
                    DebugSymbols = "false"
                    FileAlignment = "4096"
                    IncrementalBuild = "false"
                    NoStdLib = "false"
                    NoWarn = ""
                    Optimize = "true"
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                    RegisterForComInterop = "false"
                    RemoveIntegerChecks = "false"
                    TreatWarningsAsErrors = "false"
                    WarningLevel = "4"
                />
            </Settings>
            <References>
                <Reference
                    Name = "System"
                    AssemblyName = "System"
                    HintPath = "..\..\..\WINNT\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\System.dll"
                />
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                    AssemblyName = "System.Data"
                    HintPath = "..\..\..\WINNT\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\System.Data.dll"
                />
                <Reference
                    Name = "System.XML"
                    AssemblyName = "System.XML"
                    HintPath = "..\..\..\WINNT\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\System.XML.dll"
                />
                <Reference
                    Name = "System.Windows.Forms"
                    AssemblyName = "System.Windows.Forms"
                    HintPath = "..\..\..\WINNT\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\System.Windows.Forms.dll"
                />
                <Reference
                    Name = "System.Drawing"
                    AssemblyName = "System.Drawing"
                    HintPath = "..\..\..\WINNT\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\System.Drawing.dll"
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                    RelPath = "CbtHook.cs"
                    SubType = "Code"
                    BuildAction = "Compile"
                />
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                    RelPath = "DialogBox.cs"
                    SubType = "Code"
                    BuildAction = "Compile"
                />
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                    RelPath = "Win32API.cs"
                    SubType = "Code"
                    BuildAction = "Compile"
                />
                <File
                    RelPath = "WindowsHook.cs"
                    SubType = "Code"
                    BuildAction = "Compile"
                />
                <File
                    RelPath = "WndProcRetHook.cs"
                    SubType = "Code"
                    BuildAction = "Compile"
                />
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