How to make a dialog box float?

[ivandgreat]

Good day! I would like to make a dialog box float like the tool named views in mapinfo. Thanks!

[Egge-Jan Pollé]

Hi,

I would almost say: please go ahead, be our guest :-)
What is stopping you to do so?

As you will have discovered: it is not possible to create floating dialog boxes using MapBasic.

To use a floating dialog in your application you will need to create a .NET Assembly containing this dialog, and then call it from your MapBasic application.

If you browse to the MapBasic Samples you will find - in the DOTNET folder - the source code for the Named Views tool, both in VB and C#.

HTH,

Egge-Jan


Op donderdag 28 november 2013 14:30:47 UTC+1 schreef ivandgreat:

[Peter Horsbøll Møller]

You'll have to create your dialog outside of MapBasic, for instance thru C# or VB.NET.

Then you can call the method in your external application or assembly from MapBasic.

Look in the Samples folder in your MapBasic installation folder: Samples\DOTNET\NAMEDVIEWS

Here you'll find the source code for the Named Views application

Peter Horsbøll Møller

Pitney Bowes Software

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[Glen O]

can't be done using vb.net 2008 or 2010 I have tried and PB support could not make it work either

 

i would love to see an working example using a vb.net form or dialog box  not calling a windows lib.

 

you can search the forms i posted the ticket numbers when i tried to complete this 2 yeas ago.

[Peter Horsbøll Møller]

Glen

I have always used C# in stead of VB.NET, so my experience with VB.NET is very tiny.

I can see that there are source code NamedViews using VB.NET, too.

Does that not work?

You can find it in the Samples folder:

Samples\DOTNET\NAMEDVIEWS\NamedViewsVB

Peter Horsbøll Møller

Pitney Bowes Software

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Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 16:08:34 -0800
From: Glen_...@Ossman-CG.net
To: mapi...@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [MI-L] How to make a dialog box float?

can't be done using vb.net 2008 or 2010 I have tried and PB support could not make it work either

 

i would love to see an working example using a vb.net form or dialog box  not calling a windows lib.

 

you can search the forms i posted the ticket numbers when i tried to complete this 2 yeas ago.

[Glen O]

example will not load in VB.net 2010

 

 Error 3 'InteropServices' is not declared. It may be inaccessible due to its protection level. C:\Program Files (x86)\MapInfo\MapBasic\Samples\DOTNET\NAMEDVIEWS\NamedViewsVB\InteropHelper.vb 18 20 NamedViewsVB

 

workspace generates over 15 errors

[Glen O]

yes I know I kid myself but the PB reads this form Serious fix your examples so that they work on a current software release

 

let say Windows 7 vb.net 2010 office 2010

 

that will only make you 3 years behind......  next start planning for 64 bit computer I hear they are coming out soon to ;-)

 

I have not looked at 12 doc's or examples but am betting they have not been updated.