Control.Show Method
Definition
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Displays the control to the user.
public:
void Show();public void Show ();member this.Show : unit -> unitPublic Sub Show ()Examples
The following code example displays an about dialog box and temporarily draws a blue square on its surface. This example requires that you have defined a class that derives from Form named AboutDialog.
private:
void menuItemHelpAbout_Click( Object^ /*sender*/, EventArgs^ /*e*/ )
{
// Create and display a modeless about dialog box.
AboutDialog^ about = gcnew AboutDialog;
about->Show();
// Draw a blue square on the form.
/* NOTE: This is not a persistent object, it will no longer be
* visible after the next call to OnPaint. To make it persistent,
* override the OnPaint method and draw the square there */
Graphics^ g = about->CreateGraphics();
g->FillRectangle( Brushes::Blue, 10, 10, 50, 50 );
}
private void menuItemHelpAbout_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// Create and display a modless about dialog box.
AboutDialog about = new AboutDialog();
about.Show();
// Draw a blue square on the form.
/* NOTE: This is not a persistent object, it will no longer be
* visible after the next call to OnPaint. To make it persistent,
* override the OnPaint method and draw the square there */
Graphics g = about.CreateGraphics();
g.FillRectangle(Brushes.Blue, 10, 10, 50, 50);
}
Private Sub menuItemHelpAbout_Click(sender As Object, _
e As EventArgs) Handles menuItemHelpAbout.Click
' Create and display a modless about dialog box.
Dim about As New AboutDialog()
about.Show()
' Draw a blue square on the form.
' NOTE: This is not a persistent object, it will no longer be
' visible after the next call to OnPaint. To make it persistent,
' override the OnPaint method and draw the square there
Dim g As Graphics = about.CreateGraphics()
g.FillRectangle(Brushes.Blue, 10, 10, 50, 50)
End Sub
Remarks
Showing the control is equivalent to setting the Visible property to true. After the Show method is called, the Visible property returns a value of true until the Hide method is called.
