PhilBon

So right now I'm feeling really stupid based on the fact that I can't remember the syntax for an input dialog box. I'm running Visual Studios 2005 .Net 2.0 and cant remember how to get input from the user. If you could help me out, that'd be great.

Booooze

http://www.developerfusion.co.uk/show/6/1/

Google is your friend. Remember you can always just put a text box on a form and make your own ways to get input from the user.

PhilBon

Sorry, Should have added that I'm using it on the onload, so when the program is first coming up this will be displayed. So the form wouldn't have been loaded yet.

lectricpharaoh

Well, you can always add a second form to your project, and this form would be your input dialog. You'd instantiate it, then call either the ShowDialog() or Show() method of this form (depending on whether you want modal or not). However, I expect that's not what you want, though it does give you optimal functionality (you can customize this form to your heart's content, since a form is just a window- usually a dialog one).

Anyways, next time, try the docs. The InputBox() function is in there. If you don't have the local docs installed, try MSDN. A quick search (I typed in 'inputbox' and hit enter) yields this page.

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Booooze

There is a function that executes before the main form is shown. You could throw the input box in there and it would show up before the form loads. I don't use VB.NET but in VB6 I think it was the initialize function.

XanFox

Maybe you could make a startup module... like when you do a splash screen

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Iftikhar

You have to create your own input dialog box in .NET. IN VB six there in inputDialog function for that

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XanFox

yes but you can call it in the startup and get the info you need before the main screen/interface appears

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