Creating an Application Programm

Creating an Application Programming Interface

Windows Border Style	Form ForeColor, BackColor	Form Title and Font
Message Box Parameters	MessageBox Example 1: Displaying a Message	MessageBox Example 2: Logic Statements

Windows Border Style Click on Form, right click, select Properties, click on drop down, select one of the following	Form ForeColor, BackColor Same as above, note that a description of the selection appears at the bottom of the properties list	Form Title and Font For that appears at the upper left of the Form, select the Text option, Select Font for Font

Message Boxes

Parameters Available For the Message::Show Method - Partial List
Parameter	Description
Text	The text string to be displayed in the pop-up window
Caption	The text string to be displayed in the pop-up window's title bar
Buttons	The button or group of buttons to be displayed in the pop-up window
Icon	the type of icon to be displayed in the pop-up window

Buttons Available to the MessageBox::Show Method
Button	Description
AbortRetryIgnore	Displays an Abort, a Retry, and an Ignore Button
OK	Displays an OK button
OKCancel	Displays an OK and a Cancel button
RetryCancel	Displays a Retry and a Cancel button
Yes/No	Displays a Yes and a No button
YesNoCancel	Displays a Yes, a No, and a Cancel button

Icons Available to the MessageBox::Show Method
Button	Description
Asterisk	Displays an Asterisk Icon
Error	Displays an Error Icon
Exclamation	Displays an Exclamation Mark Icon
Hand	Displays a Hand Icon
Information	Displays an Informational Icon
None	Displays the pop-up window without displaying an Icon
Question	Displays a Question Mark Icon
Stop	Displays a Stop Icon
Warning	Displays a Warning Icon

MessageBox Example 1

private: System::Void button1_Click(System::Object^ sender, System::EventArgs^ e)

{

MessageBox::Show("Please select one of the following", //Message

"MessageBox::Show,MessageBoxes", //Title

MessageBoxButtons::AbortRetryIgnore, //Button options to show

MessageBoxIcon::Exclamation); //Icon

}

MessageBox Example 2

private: System::Void button1_Click(System::Object^ sender, System::EventArgs^ e)

{

if (MessageBox::Show("Examples","If Statements", MessageBoxButtons::OKCancel) == System::Windows::Forms::DialogResult::Cancel)

{

MessageBox::Show("You clicked cancel");

}

else

{

MessageBox::Show("You clicked OK");

}