About Box...

Eaton · Post by **Eaton** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:00 pm

Hello. I'm clicking "Project", then "Add Module", then I add an about box to my project, BUT how can I make it so when I click a button it will load? I've tried copy and pasting the AboutBox1 code over the button click code, but no luck.

I'm using Visual Studio 2008.

Thank you to the people who help!

Post by **grimdoomer** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:10 pm

Make it a form and name it AboutForm, then add this in the button click method:

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AboutForm About = new AboutForm();
About.Show();

Eaton · Post by **Eaton** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:33 pm

grimdoomer wrote:Make it a form and name it AboutForm, then add this in the button click method:
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AboutForm About = new AboutForm();
About.Show();

I did that, but it said that most of your code was not declared.

LuxuriousMeat · Post by **LuxuriousMeat** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:37 pm

VB

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Dim f as New FormName
f.ShowDialog()

C#

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FormName f = new FormName();
f.ShowDialog();

Eaton · Post by **Eaton** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 2:02 pm

LuxuriousMeat wrote:VB
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Dim f as New FormName
f.ShowDialog()
C#
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FormName f = new FormName();
f.ShowDialog();

Ah!

That's what I'm looking for! It worked. Thanks you both for helping!

LuxuriousMeat · Post by **LuxuriousMeat** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 5:58 pm

No problem.

Supermodder911 · Post by **Supermodder911** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:11 pm

grimdoomer wrote:Make it a form and name it AboutForm, then add this in the button click Event:
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AboutForm About = new AboutForm();
About.Show();

Fixed.

Aumaan Anubis · Post by **Aumaan Anubis** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:22 pm

C'mon Grimdoomer, pick up your game!

LuxuriousMeat · Post by **LuxuriousMeat** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 8:15 pm

Actually, it is a method that is ran when an event is triggered...

Aumaan Anubis · Post by **Aumaan Anubis** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 8:20 pm

Yes, but the actual click of the button is an event...

Oh wait, you mean like, the method is related to the button, and therefore the button click method...
Either way, you put that code within the Event, not within the method.

ahhh....

In either case,

Supermodder, pick up your game!

OwnZ joO · Post by **OwnZ joO** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 8:34 pm

LuxuriousMeat wrote:Actually, it is a method that is ran when an event is triggered...

I think event handler is the word everyone's looking for.

Supermodder911 · Post by **Supermodder911** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 11:44 pm

OwnZ joO wrote:
LuxuriousMeat wrote:Actually, it is a method that is ran when an event is triggered...
I think event handler is the word everyone's looking for.

*Picks up game*
But that's two words.

Eaton · Post by **Eaton** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 5:31 am

Wow. A lot of replies. Ok. I will use the fixed code Supermodder posted. Just one more question... How can I make it so my about box displays my own custom text? I type in text, but I run it, it displays the assembly information and not my custom text...

Post by **grimdoomer** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 10:20 am

The click event is simply a method. All of you pick up your game

Patrickssj6 · Post by **Patrickssj6** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 10:31 am

Eaton wrote:Wow. A lot of replies. Ok. I will use the fixed code Supermodder posted. Just one more question... How can I make it so my about box displays my own custom text? I type in text, but I run it, it displays the assembly information and not my custom text...

Look inside the AboutBox code...there should be a line declaring the label to use the assembly information. Just replace it with your own.

Aumaan Anubis · Post by **Aumaan Anubis** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 10:39 am

Eaton wrote:Ok. I will use the fixed code Supermodder posted.

His code isn't fixed. It was fine as it was. He was trying to tell Grim that the click of a button is an event, not a method. Which, by the way, is why he bolded "event," in his "fixed code" post.

LuxuriousMeat · Post by **LuxuriousMeat** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:34 am

No...It is just a method which is called when an event is triggered... The event handler is what calls the specified method.