C# Help

[RampantAndroid]

OK...so, I'm trying to create an app that has a nice little menu bar, and one of the options brings up a preferences dialog where you can set....settings. Problem is, how do I make clicking this option bring up a new windows form? I'm assuming I want a new windows form with all the proper controls, set up so that when I hit "Apply" it saves the changes (in my case to a txt file for simplicity) and closes the form.

How might I do this?

Thanks!

RA

 

[BigPete]

You need to create the windows form in your project first, lets say you call it Settings or frmSettings or something. Then, in the menubar event for the option that should bring up the dialog box use something like this:

Form settings = new Settings();
settings.ShowDialog();

The first line creates the form.

The second line displays the form as a dialog, which simply means that the user HAS to do something with it before they can continue with the program, for example click ok or cancel.

You can also simply "show" the form with:
settings.Show();

Try them both and see what they do.