I always thought writing a simple diagnostic message in a message box would
be pretty simple. Not in .NET.
First, I wrote this amazingly complex piece of code:
MessageBox.Show("yer mama")
It wouldn't even complile. "Gee...", I mused. "Maybe there's no reference
to that method in my project". I muzed correctly. So I added a reference
to System.Windows.Forms, which is where our beloved "MessageBox" method
resides.
Nothing. So at the top of my file, I wrote:
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Still, it wouldn't compile. Finally, I prefixed my call to MessageBox like
this:
System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("yer mama")
It compiles now, but I never see "yer mama" anywhere on the screen. It's
inside this function:
Private Sub DropDownList1_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As
System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles
DropDownList1.SelectedIndexChanged
System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("Yer mama")
End Sub
Maybe it's just not firing this sub, but that's kinda why the diagnostic is
there. I wanna find out if it is. Does this really have to be so
complicated?
I've run into situations in the past where I've had to spell out simple
methods by fully qualifying their namespaces. Why is that? Shouldn't it be
enough that they're listed under "references" in the solution explorer? Or
even written manually at the top of the file?
Any insights you can give me would be greatly appreciated. 5 1543
Hi
try
msgbox("Hello")
:)
"Curt Emich" <ce****@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:QO********************@comcast.com... I always thought writing a simple diagnostic message in a message box
would be pretty simple. Not in .NET.
First, I wrote this amazingly complex piece of code:
MessageBox.Show("yer mama")
It wouldn't even complile. "Gee...", I mused. "Maybe there's no
reference to that method in my project". I muzed correctly. So I added a reference to System.Windows.Forms, which is where our beloved "MessageBox" method resides.
Nothing. So at the top of my file, I wrote:
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Still, it wouldn't compile. Finally, I prefixed my call to MessageBox
like this:
System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("yer mama")
It compiles now, but I never see "yer mama" anywhere on the screen. It's inside this function:
Private Sub DropDownList1_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles DropDownList1.SelectedIndexChanged
System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("Yer mama")
End Sub Maybe it's just not firing this sub, but that's kinda why the diagnostic
is there. I wanna find out if it is. Does this really have to be so complicated?
I've run into situations in the past where I've had to spell out simple methods by fully qualifying their namespaces. Why is that? Shouldn't it
be enough that they're listed under "references" in the solution explorer?
Or even written manually at the top of the file?
Any insights you can give me would be greatly appreciated.
"Curt Emich" <ce****@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:QO********************@comcast.com... It wouldn't even complile. "Gee...", I mused. "Maybe there's no
reference to that method in my project". I muzed correctly. So I added a reference to System.Windows.Forms, which is where our beloved "MessageBox" method resides.
Nothing. So at the top of my file, I wrote:
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Still, it wouldn't compile. Finally, I prefixed my call to MessageBox
like this:
It should. What compiler error message did it give you? That should be
enough.
Maybe it's just not firing this sub, but that's kinda why the diagnostic
is there. I wanna find out if it is. Does this really have to be so complicated?
If you want to tell if the event handler is being executed, a breakpoint
would probably be better. Also, you might want to think about the
Debug.Write and Debug.WriteLine methods, in the System.Diagnostics
namespace. You don't have to add any extra references for those, and the
namespace is imported at the project level by default. Just make sure
you're targeting a Debug build.
I've run into situations in the past where I've had to spell out simple methods by fully qualifying their namespaces. Why is that? Shouldn't it
be enough that they're listed under "references" in the solution explorer?
There are a lot of namespaces, and some of them have identical class
names. If everything was automatically imported, it would clog up the IDE
and lead to a lot of ambiguity. Odds are your code would have to use the
fully-qualified name -more- that way.
Jeremy
As the namespace implies, the MessageBox method is for windows forms
applications.
In an ASP.NET environment your client is a web browser, therefore you should
use client side code such as javascript to display a message box on the
client.
Execute a line of code like this when you want a message box to be
displayed.
(This writes out the necessary client side javascript to your HTML page to
make the alert pop up as soon as the page is sent to their browser.)
RegisterStartupScript("startupScript", "<script
language=JavaScript>alert('This is my message.');</script>");
Here's more info: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...criptTopic.asp
Here are a couple controls you might find to be useful: http://www.metabuilders.com/Tools/ConfirmedButtons.aspx http://www.jttz.com/msgbox/index.htm
--
I hope this helps,
Steve C. Orr, MCSD, MVP http://Steve.Orr.net
Hire top-notch developers at http://www.able-consulting.com
"Curt Emich" <ce****@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:QO********************@comcast.com... I always thought writing a simple diagnostic message in a message box
would be pretty simple. Not in .NET.
First, I wrote this amazingly complex piece of code:
MessageBox.Show("yer mama")
It wouldn't even complile. "Gee...", I mused. "Maybe there's no
reference to that method in my project". I muzed correctly. So I added a reference to System.Windows.Forms, which is where our beloved "MessageBox" method resides.
Nothing. So at the top of my file, I wrote:
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Still, it wouldn't compile. Finally, I prefixed my call to MessageBox
like this:
System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("yer mama")
It compiles now, but I never see "yer mama" anywhere on the screen. It's inside this function:
Private Sub DropDownList1_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles DropDownList1.SelectedIndexChanged
System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("Yer mama")
End Sub Maybe it's just not firing this sub, but that's kinda why the diagnostic
is there. I wanna find out if it is. Does this really have to be so complicated?
I've run into situations in the past where I've had to spell out simple methods by fully qualifying their namespaces. Why is that? Shouldn't it
be enough that they're listed under "references" in the solution explorer?
Or even written manually at the top of the file?
Any insights you can give me would be greatly appreciated.
Hi Steve,
I think that I would not have seen this, however I look to it from the
languages.vb group, when it was in the aspnet group, I would have seen.
I message this to point the OP hat this message is in my opinion the right
one, there are so much which are for the windowform, that he can become
confused.
And have nothing to add.
Cor
Maybe it does not like "yer mama" in the message box?
Curt, looking at your example code below, your message box is in the event
firing on a DropDownList1, which is an ASP component, so you are talking
about using MessageBox in an ASP page, right? If so, it won't work.
"Curt Emich" <ce****@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:QO********************@comcast.com... I always thought writing a simple diagnostic message in a message box
would be pretty simple. Not in .NET.
First, I wrote this amazingly complex piece of code:
MessageBox.Show("yer mama")
It wouldn't even complile. "Gee...", I mused. "Maybe there's no
reference to that method in my project". I muzed correctly. So I added a reference to System.Windows.Forms, which is where our beloved "MessageBox" method resides.
Nothing. So at the top of my file, I wrote:
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Still, it wouldn't compile. Finally, I prefixed my call to MessageBox
like this:
System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("yer mama")
It compiles now, but I never see "yer mama" anywhere on the screen. It's inside this function:
Private Sub DropDownList1_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles DropDownList1.SelectedIndexChanged
System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("Yer mama")
End Sub Maybe it's just not firing this sub, but that's kinda why the diagnostic
is there. I wanna find out if it is. Does this really have to be so complicated?
I've run into situations in the past where I've had to spell out simple methods by fully qualifying their namespaces. Why is that? Shouldn't it
be enough that they're listed under "references" in the solution explorer?
Or even written manually at the top of the file?
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