MsgBox - A Better Winforms MessageBox in C#

Introduction

MsgBox is an enhanced solution to the in-built MessageBox class. It's designed so that the styles, features and behaviour mimic the in-built control with added features.
MsgBox allows a better Messagebox experience by allowing the following features:
- Do not display this message again
- Custom font styles and font colors
- Scrollbars for text which is too long

Using the code

MsgBox is used like a standard MessageBox object. There is a different return object which encapsulates the original DialogResult. This handles extra information which as whether the user clicked 'Do no display this message again'.

Simple Example

Code Snippet

1. MsgBox.Show(this, "Hello", "Caption Text", MessageBoxButtons.YesNoCancel, MessageBoxIcon.Question);

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Custom Fonts

Code Snippet

1. MsgBox.Show(this, "Hello", "Caption Text", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information, true, new Font("Verdana", 12f, FontStyle.Bold), Color.Red);

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Long Text

Code Snippet

1. MsgBox.Show(this, "Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello", "Caption Text", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information, true, new Font("Verdana", 40f, FontStyle.Bold), Color.Blue);

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Handling the do not display message again checkbox

Code Snippet

1. DialogResultNew res = MsgBox.Show(this, "Hello", "Caption Text", MessageBoxButtons.OK);
2. if (res.DoNotDisplayMessageAgain) // Do something here

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Download

Download MsgBox Here

History

v1.0 - Initial write-up