Dialog Boxes

When an application needs to prompt a user for input, a dialog box is often used. Several dialog box components are provided within the Windows Forms library, or you can create a custom dialog box, if necessary.

Common Dialog Boxes

The Windows Forms library provides several ready-made dialog boxes for Windows applications, including the following:

  • ColorDialog— Displays a list of colors and returns a property containing the selected color

  • FontDialog— Enables the user to select a font and set its properties, such as size, style, and special effects

  • OpenFileDialog— Enables the user to browse files and folders on the computer and select one or more files

  • PageSetupDialog— Enables the user to select various page-layout settings

  • PrintDialog— ...

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