//main public method for showing msgBox
public static bool Show(MsgBoxExtOptions options)
{
//check whether there is a messagebox active
if (_currentOptions != null)
{
//check whether current active Msgbox is model
if (_currentOptions.model)
{
return(false); //do nothing
}
//else close the current msgBox
closeMessageBox(_currentOptions.caption);
}
//save options in current options
_currentOptions = options;
//if timeout > 0 start timeout timer
if (options.timeout > 0)
{
timeoutTimer = new System.Windows.Forms.Timer();
timeoutTimer.Tick += new EventHandler(timeoutTimer_Tick);
timeoutTimer.Interval = options.timeout;
timeoutTimer.Enabled = true;
}
//start messagebox thread
msgBoxThread = new Thread(new ThreadStart(startMsgBoxThread));
msgBoxThread.IsBackground = true;
msgBoxThread.Start();
return(true); //messagebox started
}
private static void timeoutTimer_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// close current messagebox
closeMessageBox(_currentOptions.caption);
//fire result event
onMsgBoxResultEvent(_currentOptions.resultReference, DialogResult.None);
//dispose current options
_currentOptions = null;
}
private static void startMsgBoxThread()
{
//standard Messagebox with results
DialogResult result = MessageBox.Show(_currentOptions.text, _currentOptions.caption, _currentOptions.buttons, _currentOptions.icon, _currentOptions.defaultButton);
//dispose the tiemout timer
disposeTimeoutTimer();
//fire result event
onMsgBoxResultEvent(_currentOptions.resultReference, result);
//dispose current options
_currentOptions = null;
}