Make about dialog (VSE 2012)

[flibberdipper]

So I've made a little notepad program in Visual Studio Express 2012, but for my menu strip, there's an "about" option that I want to have set to open an about dialog popup upon clicking it. Kind of like the "about notepad" option in the Windows notepad. So, is there some kind of code I can use to get a custom dialog in there with my info?

 

EDIT: I'd also like to get a confirmation dialog when it closes so that it doesn't just delete whatever you typed without you being positive that you're closing the window.

[madknight3]

The editor you're using isn't important. What is important is the language and project you're using. Visual Studio supports many different project types and programming languages so we can't give you any specifics without more information.

 

C#? VB.NET? WinForms? WPF? Something else?

[Leonard]

There are many different ways to go about getting this done but i think one of the easiest ways for you would be to create the popup about box in Access as i am sure you already have Access and copy the VB.Net code as it would be accurate.

 

Another easy way would be to use a VB.Net code generator. Check this one out, it is free.

[flibberdipper]

The editor you're using isn't important. What is important is the language and project you're using. Visual Studio supports many different project types and programming languages so we can't give you any specifics without more information.

 

C#? VB.NET? WinForms? WPF? Something else?

Heh, my less-than-1-hour-of-time with the program has shown through.

 

Apparently I used "Windows Forms Application" for it.

[fizzlesticks]

Apparently I used "Windows Forms Application" for it.

C++, C# or Visual Basic?

[flibberdipper]

C++, C# or Visual Basic?

Visual Basic.

[madknight3]

Heh, my less-than-1-hour-of-time with the program has shown through.

 

No worries. For future reference when asking for help, you'll want to let people know you're using Visual Basic and WinForms. Don't worry about telling people you use Visual Studio (it'll be assumed anyway).

 

For an "About" window you can simply add another Form to your project. Add labels and such to make it look like how you want it, then have your main Form open it up when the user clicks the option.

 

Here's an example method that will create and open a new form.

Public Sub OpenAbout()    Dim about As New Form2()    about.Show()End Sub

To add a confirmation box on closing, you'll want to use the FormClosing event. You can use the event args Cancel property to stop it. Here's an example.

Public Class Form1    Private Sub Form1_FormClosing(sender As Object, e As FormClosingEventArgs) Handles MyBase.FormClosing        Dim window = MessageBox.Show("Are you sure you want to close?", "Confirm", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo)        If window = DialogResult.No Then            e.Cancel = True        End If    End SubEnd Form

[flibberdipper]

 

No worries. For future reference when asking for help, you'll want to let people know you're using Visual Basic and WinForms. Don't worry about telling people you use Visual Studio (it'll be assumed anyway).

 

For an "About" window you can simply add another Form to your project. Add labels and such to make it look like how you want it, then have your main Form open it up when the user clicks the option.

 

Here's an example method that will create and open a new form.

Public Sub OpenAbout()    Dim about As New Form2()    about.Show()End Sub

To add a confirmation box on closing, you'll want to use the FormClosing event. You can use the event args Cancel property to stop it. Here's an example.

Public Class Form1    Private Sub Form1_FormClosing(sender As Object, e As FormClosingEventArgs) Handles MyBase.FormClosing        Dim window = MessageBox.Show("Are you sure you want to close?", "Confirm", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo)        If window = DialogResult.No Then            e.Cancel = True        End If    End SubEnd Form

Do I more or less tack these one right before "End Class"? Again, complete n00b for this.