// We know this is clumsy, but its a .NET-ism --
// Form widgets can *only* be controlled by the thread that creates them.
// Thus, we make this guarantee by wrapping all creation & processing actions
// in a method called by just one thread. <sigh>
private static void PopupDialogViaDelegate(AsyncCompletionToken completionToken,
string toonName,
string dialogTitle,
string dialogMessage,
string expiryActionName,
int expiryRemainingInSeconds,
bool isBotStopAllowed,
bool isStopOnContinue,
SystemSound soundCue,
int soundPeriodInSeconds)
{
UserDialogForm dialogForm = new UserDialogForm(completionToken,
toonName,
dialogTitle,
dialogMessage,
expiryActionName,
expiryRemainingInSeconds,
isBotStopAllowed,
isStopOnContinue,
soundCue,
soundPeriodInSeconds);
// Popup the window--
// We'd *really* like to make this dialog a child of the main Honorbuddy window.
// By doing such, the dialog would be 'brought to the front' any time te Honorbuddy main
// window was.
// Alas, C#/WindowsForms disallows this because the main HB GUI and this dialog are
// on separate threads.
dialogForm.TopMost = true;
dialogForm.Activate();
dialogForm.ShowDialog();
}
// We know this is clumsy, but its a .NET-ism --
// Form widgets can *only* be controlled by the thread that creates them.
// Thus, we make this guarantee by wrapping all creation & processing actions
// in a method called by just one thread. <sigh>
private static void PopupDialogViaDelegate(AsyncCompletionToken completionToken,
string toonName,
string dialogTitle,
string dialogMessage,
string expiryActionName,
int expiryRemainingInSeconds,
bool isBotStopAllowed,
bool isStopOnContinue,
SystemSound soundCue,
int soundPeriodInSeconds)
{
UserDialogForm dialogForm = new UserDialogForm(completionToken,
toonName,
dialogTitle,
dialogMessage,
expiryActionName,
expiryRemainingInSeconds,
isBotStopAllowed,
isStopOnContinue,
soundCue,
soundPeriodInSeconds);
// Making the main Honorbuddy window the popup's parent--
// This will bring the popup window to the front any time Honorbuddy is brought to the front.
Form windowParent = (Form)Control.FromHandle(Process.GetCurrentProcess().MainWindowHandle);
// Popup the window
dialogForm.Activate();
dialogForm.ShowDialog(windowParent);
}