issue on messagebox.show() method

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i know the what is modal and modeless dialogs in win forms.

form.show();-->modeless dailog.
form.showdialog();-->modal dialog

but whenever we cal show method on messagebox it acts as modal dialog can you please explain me what is happening here.

Posted 20-Oct-15 20:57pm

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phil.o · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-20T21:12:00

A MessageBox is a special subclass of Form which is always modal; because this is what a confirmation/information/notification message box is supposed to be.

If you want your message box to appear as modeless, then you needa Form, not a MessageBox. You can subclass the Form class to create your own version of message box, mimicing the look and behaviour of the classic message box, but with the ability to call either Show or ShowDialog method.