C# version of MB_SYSTEMMODAL

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I am looking for a way to force a message box or something like it to the top / front so that even if my program did not have focus my error message will show and have to be responded to . Like the old MB_SYSTEMMODAL. My program needs to keep responding to ongoing events and if the error message is hidden my program will miss the events.
Yes I realize that MB_SYSTEMMODAL was a bit rude but better to be rude then to let people go on thinking the program was capturing data until it was too late to fix anything.
Thanks In Advance

Posted 3-Sep-10 4:58am

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#realJSOP · Answer 1 · 2010-09-03T05:10:00

Solution 1

You could:

0) force your app to be topmost when an error dialog needs to be displayed

1) Create your own messagebox class (derived from the .Net one), and set topmost to true on your class

Posted 3-Sep-10 5:10am

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Updated 3-Sep-10 11:33am

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