how to show an about box

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paulotuatail

This should be easy. I have added an about box to my project and named it frmAbout. Having modified it and saved it. I built the project.

I have a menu with about on it and the code is this.

private void about_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
frmAbout MyAbout = new frmAbout();
MyAbout.Show();
}

However when I run this I get microsofts default About box not the one I have in my project. This sounds daft but what is going on?

:(
 
This should be easy. I have added an about box to my project and named it frmAbout. Having modified it and saved it. I built the project.



I have a menu with about on it and the code is this.



private void about_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

frmAbout MyAbout = new frmAbout();

MyAbout.Show();

}



However when I run this I get microsofts default About box not the one I have in my project. This sounds daft but what is going on?



:(
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I am using VS2008

I changed the name of the about box in case of a naming conflict to DesmondsfrmAbout

The code automatically changed to

private void about_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
DesmondsfrmAbout ThisBox = new DesmondsfrmAbout();
ThisBox.Show();


Changed the instance also to ThisBox

Intelesense is working and this is definatly recognised in the code and my project. So what is going wrong. This would work in VB.
 
This should be easy. I have added an about box to my project and named it frmAbout. Having modified it and saved it. I built the project.



I have a menu with about on it and the code is this.



private void about_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

frmAbout MyAbout = new frmAbout();

MyAbout.Show();

}



However when I run this I get microsofts default About box not the one I have in my project. This sounds daft but what is going on?



:(
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I have added a windows form Desmond1 and this actually WORKS HA!

private void about_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
//DesmondsfrmAbout ThisBox = new DesmondsfrmAbout(); // This is an AboutBox
Desmond1 ThisBox = new Desmond1(); // This is a Windows form and this WORKS :)

ThisBox.Show();
}

Maybe it is a bug in Microsoft. Scrap the AboutBox and customise a form instead.
 
I have added a windows form Desmond1 and this actually WORKS HA!

private void about_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
//DesmondsfrmAbout ThisBox = new DesmondsfrmAbout(); // This is an
AboutBox
Desmond1 ThisBox = new Desmond1(); // This is a Windows form and this
WORKS :)

ThisBox.Show();
}

Maybe it is a bug in Microsoft. Scrap the AboutBox and customise a form
instead.
Click to expand...


Not that it necessarily fixes your problem, but you should be using
ShowDialog() instead of Show(). Users expect the About box to be modal.
 
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