Form as Dialog example

Imports System
Imports System.Collections
Imports System.Data
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml.Serialization
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Drawing.Drawing2D
Imports System.Drawing.Text
Imports System.Drawing.Printing


Public Class MainClass
    Shared Sub Main()
        Dim myForm As New Form1()
        If myForm.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.Cancel Then
            MessageBox.Show("You pressed the cancel button")
        Else
            MessageBox.Show("You pressed OK.")
        End If
    End Sub
End Class



Public Class Form1
    Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form

#Region " Windows Form Designer generated code "

    Public Sub New()
        MyBase.New()

        'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer.
        InitializeComponent()

        'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call

    End Sub

    'Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list.
    Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean)
        If disposing Then
            If Not (components Is Nothing) Then
                components.Dispose()
            End If
        End If
        MyBase.Dispose(disposing)
    End Sub
    Friend WithEvents btnOK As System.Windows.Forms.Button
    Friend WithEvents btnCancel As System.Windows.Forms.Button
    Friend WithEvents PictureBox1 As System.Windows.Forms.PictureBox

    'Required by the Windows Form Designer
    Private components As System.ComponentModel.Container

    'NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer
    'It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer.  
    'Do not modify it using the code editor.
    <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub InitializeComponent()
        Me.PictureBox1 = New System.Windows.Forms.PictureBox()
        Me.btnCancel = New System.Windows.Forms.Button()
        Me.btnOK = New System.Windows.Forms.Button()
        Me.SuspendLayout()
        '
        'PictureBox1
        '
        Me.PictureBox1.Anchor = ((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Top Or System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Left) _
                    Or System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right)
        Me.PictureBox1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(0, 8)
        Me.PictureBox1.Name = "PictureBox1"
        Me.PictureBox1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(288, 184)
        Me.PictureBox1.SizeMode = System.Windows.Forms.PictureBoxSizeMode.StretchImage
        Me.PictureBox1.TabIndex = 2
        Me.PictureBox1.TabStop = False
        '
        'btnCancel
        '
        Me.btnCancel.Anchor = System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Bottom
        Me.btnCancel.DialogResult = System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.Cancel
        Me.btnCancel.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(168, 240)
        Me.btnCancel.Name = "btnCancel"
        Me.btnCancel.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(88, 32)
        Me.btnCancel.TabIndex = 1
        Me.btnCancel.Text = "Cancel"
        '
        'btnOK
        '
        Me.btnOK.Anchor = System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Bottom
        Me.btnOK.DialogResult = System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK
        Me.btnOK.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(40, 240)
        Me.btnOK.Name = "btnOK"
        Me.btnOK.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(80, 32)
        Me.btnOK.TabIndex = 0
        Me.btnOK.Text = "OK"
        '
        'Form1
        '
        Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(6, 15)
        Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(292, 288)
        Me.ControlBox = False
        Me.Controls.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.Control() {Me.PictureBox1, Me.btnCancel, Me.btnOK})
        Me.MaximizeBox = False
        Me.MinimizeBox = False
        Me.Name = "Form1"
        Me.Text = "Sample Custom dialog box"
        Me.ResumeLayout(False)

    End Sub
#End Region

    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        Me.Visible = False
        Me.AcceptButton = btnOK
        Me.CancelButton = btnCancel
    End Sub
End Class
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