Cannot use DialogResult

Question

I tried to use DialogResult to check an Messagebox's YesNoCancel. I'm using the following code which I don't see any problem with:

DialogResult dlgResult = MessageBox.Show(
   "Save changes before closing?", 
   "Warning", 
   MessageBoxButton.YesNoCancel, 
   MessageBoxImage.Question);

But Visual Studio throws me error saying

'System.Windows.Window.DialogResult' is a 'property' but is used like a 'type'

I think you're mixing up WPF and Winforms code. Check [this](http://marlongrech.wordpress.com/2008/05/28/wpf-dialogs-and-dialogresult/) link for more information. And I think you're looking for `MessageBoxResult` rather than `DialogResult`. — Hans Olsson, Jun 07 '11 at 12:17

Akram Shahda · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-07T12:29:27.787

There is a confliction here between the DialogResult Enumeration and the Window.DialogResult Property.

To solve this problem, you can use the fully qualified name of the enumuration. As the following:

System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult dlgResult = ...

However, since you are using WPF, use MessageBoxResult Enumeration to get the result of the message:

MessageBoxResult result = 
    MessageBox.Show("Would you like to see the simple version?", 
    "MessageBox Example", MessageBoxButton.OKCancel);

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 07 '11 at 12:24

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Try to declare dlgResult as var. Then it should work

    var dlgResult = 
        MessageBox.Show("Save changes before closing?", 
            "Warning", MessageBoxButton.YesNoCancel, MessageBoxImage.Question);

Also MessageBox.Show under WPF does return MessageBoxResult and not DialogResult. DialogResult is used in WindowsForms.

edited Jun 07 '11 at 12:24

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answered Jun 07 '11 at 12:14

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or rather, use `var` to hide a problem and avoid having to understand – Jodrell Jun 07 '11 at 12:16

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 07 '11 at 12:20

The problem is DialogResult is also a property of the form and the compiler thinks you are refering to this property.

You have several choices here:

Use the fully qualified name of the type System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult
Use var to let the compiler figure out the type and get rid of the name collision

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 07 '11 at 12:21

DialogResult is not a type, its a property, you want the type MessageBoxResult

I can see from the question you are not using winforms. So the code would read,

MessageBoxResult result = MessageBox.Show(
    "Save changes before closing?",
    "Warning",     
    MessageBoxButton.YesNoCancel,
    MessageBoxImage.Question);

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 07 '11 at 12:28

just try with MessageBoxResult

MessageBox will return MessageBoxResult enum values

            MessageBoxResult dlgResult = MessageBox.Show("Save changes before closing?","Warning", MessageBoxButton.YesNoCancel, MessageBoxImage.Question);
        Console.WriteLine(dlgResult);

score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Nov 17 '11 at 15:38

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MessageBoxResult result = MessageBox.Show(
"Save changes before closing?",
"Warning",     
MessageBoxButton.YesNoCancel,
MessageBoxImage.Question);

then use result to check

answered Nov 17 '11 at 15:38

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