How to use MsgBox Exclamation Point Yellow Triangle Image on form

Question

Everyone knows of the yellow triangle with a exclamation point in it on a message box.  I would like to use that same image on one of my forms.  Is this possible?  If so, how do I do it?

Thanks, Ryan

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Ryan

Answer 1

Hi,

Press the PrintScreen button to copy such a MessageBox to your clipboard.

Cut out the triangle in Microsoft PAINT or a similar program.  :-)

If you don't want to do that get it here:>>

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a272/u-might-want-this/WarningTriangle.jpg

 

or right-click on this and select Save image as...:>>

 

Hope this helps.  :-)

The above image will probably have a white background and not a transparent one.

Put it in your Pictures folder then:>>

 

 

Option Strict On
Option Explicit On
Option Infer Off

Public Class Form1

 Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

 Me.BackgroundImage = Image.FromFile(My.Computer.FileSystem.SpecialDirectories.MyPictures & "\WarningTriangle.jpg")
 Me.BackgroundImageLayout = ImageLayout.Center

 'or:>>
 ' Me.BackgroundImageLayout = ImageLayout.Stretch
 'or:>>
 ' Me.BackgroundImageLayout = ImageLayout.Tile
 'or:>>
 ' Me.BackgroundImageLayout = ImageLayout.Zoom

 End Sub

End Class

 

 

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Regards,

John

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Answer 2

There's no way to access the windows image by code?  That way I don't have to do a hack job.  If not, I think I would prefer to import the image into a picture box at design time.   But when I put a picture box on my form and import the image it doesn't show.  Any ideas?

Ryan

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Ryan

Answer 3

There's no way to access the windows image by code?  That way I don't have to do a hack job.  If not, I think I would prefer to import the image into a picture box at design time.   But when I put a picture box on my form and import the image it doesn't show.  Any ideas?

Ryan

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Ryan

Hi,

Sorry, not sure about accessing that image via code.

Have you tried? >>

PictureBox21.Image = Image.FromFile("C:\SomeImage.jpg")

'or

 

PictureBox21.BackGroundImage = Image.FromFile("C:\SomeImage.jpg")

 

 

Replace "C:\SomeImage.jpg"

with the full path and filename to your required image.

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Regards,

John

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Installing VB6 on Windows 7

XNA is coming to VB.Net

App Hub forums

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Answer 4

There's no way to access the windows image by code?  That way I don't have to do a hack job.  If not, I think I would prefer to import the image into a picture box at design time.   But when I put a picture box on my form and import the image it doesn't show.  Any ideas?

Ryan

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Ryan

You can access those messagebox icons through SystemIcons like below.

'For Icon

Dim ExclamationIcon As Icon = SystemIcons.Exclamation

'To use it as image

Dim ExaclamationAsImage As Bitamp = SystemIcons.Exclamation.ToBitmap 

kaymaf 

 

 

kaymaf

 

 

 

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Answer 5

@Kaymaf:  I'm ashamed to say that I never knew about the SystemIcons class.  I've always added the images to my project's resources and referenced them that way.  Just goes to show that the .NET framework always has something more to find.

Thanks.

Answer 6

@Kaymaf:  I'm ashamed to say that I never knew about the SystemIcons class.  I've always added the images to my project's resources and referenced them that way.  Just goes to show that the .NET framework always has something more to find.

Thanks.

You don't have to be ashamed of anything you don't know that exists in .net framework. The framework is too broad for individual developer or programmer to have knowledge of everything that exists in .net planet. 

kaymaf

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Answer 7

Thanks for the reply Kaymaf,

I am new to VB.Net.  How do I get this icon on my form?  I see that you are declaring it as a variable.  Ideally, I would like to put the exclamation icon on my form at design time, but I'm guessing that's not possible?  If I must do it by code, then how would I do that?  Would I have to set up a picture box at design time... then what?

Thanks,

Ryan

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Ryan

Answer 8

Thanks for the reply Kaymaf,

I am new to VB.Net.  How do I get this icon on my form?  I see that you are declaring it as a variable.  Ideally, I would like to put the exclamation icon on my form at design time, but I'm guessing that's not possible?  If I must do it by code, then how would I do that?  Would I have to set up a picture box at design time... then what?

 

I was reluctant to answer because Kaymaf deserves all the credit here! But yes, just add a picturebox and control it in code:

    PictureBox1.SizeMode = PictureBoxSizeMode.CenterImage
    PictureBox1.Image = SystemIcons.Exclamation.ToBitmap