I am using TaskDialog and its really nice and i like it instead of normal messagebox. However i noticed that Show() of the TaskDialog allow user to go back to form and do something... I mean its not blocking Form till user close TaskDialog clicking on OK or whatever. I checked and can't find instead of Show - ShowDialog that would block untill TaskDialog will be close. Is there a way to achieve that?
e.g code:
Dim dialog As New TaskDialog()
AddHandler dialog.Opened, AddressOf taskDialog_Opened
With dialog
dialog.Text = "Hello Task Dialog"
dialog.Caption = "Hello Task Dialog"
dialog.Show()
End With
The term you are looking for regarding blocking is modal
. If you use the OwnerWindowHandle
property you can make it modal to a form:
Using td As New TaskDialog
td.Caption = "Some Error "
td.StandardButtons = TaskDialogStandardButtons.Ok
td.Text = "Something truly horrible has happened!"
td.OwnerWindowHandle = Me.Handle ' current form handle
td.Show()
End Using
If your app has more than one form showing, access will only be blocked to that owner. Also note the use of a Using
block to dispose of it and free resources when done.