Dialog box with text entry

Question

What I'm trying to do (create a dialog box type popup which returns text as well as a yes or no response) has already been asked here:

however VS doesn't seem to recognise the answer given of using:

Microsoft.VisualBasic.Interaction.InputBox("Question?","Title","Default Text");

Has this been removed? is there something else I can do that will give the same effect?

Did you add the reference to `Microsoft.VisualBasic` under Project References? — Camilo Terevinto, Nov 27 '17 at 10:17
no works fine - but your code doesnt show you capturing the value to a variable.. — BugFinder, Nov 27 '17 at 10:17
@BugFinder are you saying something like var MyVariable Microsoft.VisualBasic.Interaction.InputBox("Question?","Title","Default Text"); should work? because this isn't recognised either — Andrew Neate, Nov 27 '17 at 10:19
well you'd need an = in there for starters what is "not recognized" ? — BugFinder, Nov 27 '17 at 10:20
What's exactly "not recognized"? Please post the exact error message — Camilo Terevinto, Nov 27 '17 at 10:20
Works fine for me (in VS2015 after adding the assembly reference), you need to provide a [mcve] — UnholySheep, Nov 27 '17 at 10:20
type or namespace name 'Interaction' does not exist in the namespace Microsoft.VisualBasic — Andrew Neate, Nov 27 '17 at 10:22
@AndrewNeate that error message means you did not add the reference properly — UnholySheep, Nov 27 '17 at 10:24
@UnholySheep yeah sorry I thought adding references meant having "using microsoft.visualbasic" at top of program, thanks — Andrew Neate, Nov 27 '17 at 10:28

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 27 '17 at 10:22

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You would need to have added the reference Microsoft.VisualBasic

Your code should read something like

String answer = Micsoft.VisualBasic.Interaction.InputBox("Question?","Title","Default Text");

If you have both these, then it should work

answered Nov 27 '17 at 10:22

BugFinder

copied what you have written and reference is there and still having error "type or namespace name 'Interaction' does not exist in the namespace 'Microsoft.VisualBasic' " – Andrew Neate Nov 27 '17 at 10:25
then you've somehow used the wrong "micrisoft.visualbasic" reference - open a new winform app, repeat this, see if it works – BugFinder Nov 27 '17 at 10:27
I think I've been adding the reference incorrectly, sorry for the trouble thanks for the help. – Andrew Neate Nov 27 '17 at 10:29

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