How to extend the native MessageBox dialog in .NET

Yifeng Ding

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This article introduces a way to extend the native MessageBox dialog without using Windows Hooks and message processing.

messagebox.zip
- Babu.Windows
  - Babu.Windows.csproj
  - Babu.Windows.csproj.user
  - ClassDiagram1.cd
  - Forms
    - MessageBox.cs
    - MessageBox.Designer.cs
    - MessageBox.resx
    - NativeMethods.cs
    - Resources
      - MessageBox.bmp
  - Properties
  - Resources
- CoderSky.Windows.Demonstration
- CoderSky.Windows.sln


Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 9.00
# Visual Studio 2005
Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "CoderSky.Demonstration.Windows", "CoderSky.Windows.Demonstration\CoderSky.Demonstration.Windows.csproj", "{CE857FF5-A05A-4332-ACB3-5B12A69D34D3}"
	ProjectSection(WebsiteProperties) = preProject
		Debug.AspNetCompiler.Debug = "True"
		Release.AspNetCompiler.Debug = "False"
	EndProjectSection
EndProject
Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "Babu.Windows", "Babu.Windows\Babu.Windows.csproj", "{B354A232-FB49-40CF-B163-F24BD074CA80}"
	ProjectSection(WebsiteProperties) = preProject
		Debug.AspNetCompiler.Debug = "True"
		Release.AspNetCompiler.Debug = "False"
	EndProjectSection
EndProject
Global
	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
		Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU
		Release|Any CPU = Release|Any CPU
	EndGlobalSection
	GlobalSection(ProjectConfigurationPlatforms) = postSolution
		{CE857FF5-A05A-4332-ACB3-5B12A69D34D3}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
		{CE857FF5-A05A-4332-ACB3-5B12A69D34D3}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
		{CE857FF5-A05A-4332-ACB3-5B12A69D34D3}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
		{CE857FF5-A05A-4332-ACB3-5B12A69D34D3}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
		{B354A232-FB49-40CF-B163-F24BD074CA80}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
		{B354A232-FB49-40CF-B163-F24BD074CA80}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
		{B354A232-FB49-40CF-B163-F24BD074CA80}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
		{B354A232-FB49-40CF-B163-F24BD074CA80}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
	EndGlobalSection
	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
		HideSolutionNode = FALSE
	EndGlobalSection
EndGlobal

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