Message Box Default Reply
The new Message Box Default Reply component provides an easy way to intercept any MessageBox calls and provide a default reply.
Services
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Settings
The following table shows the configurable settings for this component.
| Setting | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Disable messageBox Popup | Selected | Checking this disables the display of all the Popups generated by the MessageBox Function. This is selected as the default. |
| Severity log level | Log all events | Choose the severity of MessageBox messages to be logged. Selections range from logging all messages to logging only errors. Logging is disabled when "Disable MessageBox Popup" is unchecked. |
| Log message information to event log | Selected | Selecting this logs the MessageBox Information to the Event Log. |
Notes
The default setting of the Message Box Default Reply components Disable MessageBox Pop-up property can cause certain features that activate a pop-up message box, such as unchecking the 'Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)' in Explorer, to fail. To get around this issue, the default setting of "Disable MessageBox Pop-up" should be unchecked at design time or the user should set the following registry key value to '0' at run time:
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Error Message Instrument : EnableDefaultReply = 0
Last updated on Wednesday, October 18, 2006
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