Show a MessageBox centered in form

Question

There is a way to center a MessageBox without subclassing or hooking?

I'm looking for VB.NET code.

Answer 1

The solution for VB.NET:

This code is taken and translated from an asnwer of @Hans Passant: Winforms-How can I make MessageBox appear centered on MainForm?

Centered_MessageBox.vb

Imports System.Text
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices

Class Centered_MessageBox
    Implements IDisposable
    Private mTries As Integer = 0
    Private mOwner As Form

    Public Sub New(owner As Form)
        mOwner = owner
        owner.BeginInvoke(New MethodInvoker(AddressOf findDialog))
    End Sub

    Private Sub findDialog()
        ' Enumerate windows to find the message box
        If mTries < 0 Then
            Return
        End If
        Dim callback As New EnumThreadWndProc(AddressOf checkWindow)
        If EnumThreadWindows(GetCurrentThreadId(), callback, IntPtr.Zero) Then
            If System.Threading.Interlocked.Increment(mTries) < 10 Then
                mOwner.BeginInvoke(New MethodInvoker(AddressOf findDialog))
            End If
        End If
    End Sub
    Private Function checkWindow(hWnd As IntPtr, lp As IntPtr) As Boolean
        ' Checks if <hWnd> is a dialog
        Dim sb As New StringBuilder(260)
        GetClassName(hWnd, sb, sb.Capacity)
        If sb.ToString() <> "#32770" Then
            Return True
        End If
        ' Got it
        Dim frmRect As New Rectangle(mOwner.Location, mOwner.Size)
        Dim dlgRect As RECT
        GetWindowRect(hWnd, dlgRect)
        MoveWindow(hWnd, frmRect.Left + (frmRect.Width - dlgRect.Right + dlgRect.Left) \ 2, frmRect.Top + (frmRect.Height - dlgRect.Bottom + dlgRect.Top) \ 2, dlgRect.Right - dlgRect.Left, dlgRect.Bottom - dlgRect.Top, True)
        Return False
    End Function
    Public Sub Dispose() Implements IDisposable.Dispose
        mTries = -1
    End Sub

    ' P/Invoke declarations
    Private Delegate Function EnumThreadWndProc(hWnd As IntPtr, lp As IntPtr) As Boolean
    <DllImport("user32.dll")> _
    Private Shared Function EnumThreadWindows(tid As Integer, callback As EnumThreadWndProc, lp As IntPtr) As Boolean
    End Function
    <DllImport("kernel32.dll")> _
    Private Shared Function GetCurrentThreadId() As Integer
    End Function
    <DllImport("user32.dll")> _
    Private Shared Function GetClassName(hWnd As IntPtr, buffer As StringBuilder, buflen As Integer) As Integer
    End Function
    <DllImport("user32.dll")> _
    Private Shared Function GetWindowRect(hWnd As IntPtr, ByRef rc As RECT) As Boolean
    End Function
    <DllImport("user32.dll")> _
    Private Shared Function MoveWindow(hWnd As IntPtr, x As Integer, y As Integer, w As Integer, h As Integer, repaint As Boolean) As Boolean
    End Function
    Private Structure RECT
        Public Left As Integer
        Public Top As Integer
        Public Right As Integer
        Public Bottom As Integer
    End Structure
End Class

Usage:

Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
    Using New Centered_MessageBox(Me)
        MessageBox.Show("Test Text", "Test Title", MessageBoxButtons.OK)
    End Using
End Sub