Create a child form which accepts a text value

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I want to ask if there is some way to make a form just like Messagebox that returns a string (say entered password)when we call show.
the resulting form should behave like a child form of the calling form. I mean when the child form is displayed the calling form should be dissabled with the child form over it
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Posted 4-Dec-09 3:06am

J imran

Updated 4-Dec-09 3:08am

Christian Graus

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Christian Graus · Answer 1 · 2009-12-04T03:08:00

Yes, you would do exactly what you said. Create a new form class in the designer, add the textbox and a property to return it's text, and then create an instance of it as a child of your main form. Show it modally with ShowDialog() in order to get the behaviour you require.

I think this means you would probably benefit from buying a book on Winforms.