MessageBox yet let the program continue on without waiting?

[JM]

Newbie Question
Is there a way to use Message.Show so that it will allow the program to
continue processing without waiting for a user to click OK?

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

JM,

No, the MessageBox is a modal dialog, and requires that the interaction
continue.

You ^could^ create a new thread, run a message loop on that thread, and
then show the messagebox, and your original thread will not block, but once
that completes, what do you expect the program to do?
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Newbie Question
Is there a way to use Message.Show so that it will allow the program to
continue processing without waiting for a user to click OK?

[JM]

Thanks for the help. It's much appreciated. I'll just let things hang until
the user clicks OK.

"Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]" wrote:

JM,

No, the MessageBox is a modal dialog, and requires that the interaction
continue.

You ^could^ create a new thread, run a message loop on that thread, and
then show the messagebox, and your original thread will not block, but once
that completes, what do you expect the program to do?
--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com

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Newbie Question
Is there a way to use Message.Show so that it will allow the program to
continue processing without waiting for a user to click OK?

[Bruce Wood]

What do you want the MessageBox to show, that the program should be
able to continue processing meanwhile?

If it's an indication of progress, I solved this problem using a
subclass of Form that shows text to the user, and allows the
application to post text to the form as things progress. Sort of a like
a ProgressBar with no bar. :)

This form I created can have a Cancel button, but no OK button, because
OK doesn't mean anything in that context.

So... what are you trying to do? Maybe there's a different control that
you don't know about that is suited to your purpose.