[c#] Popup window in winform c#

I'm working on a project where I need a popup window. But the thing is I also want to be able to add textboxes etc in this popup window thru the form designer.

So basically I have a button and when you click on it it will open another window that I've designed in the form designer.

I've been doing some googling but I haven't found what I needed yet so I was hoping you guys could help me!

i am using this method.

add a from that you want to pop up, add all controls you need. in the code you can handle the user input and return result to the caller. for pop up the form just create a new instance of the form and show method.

/* create new form instance. i am overriding constructor to allow the caller form to set the form header */ 
var t = new TextPrompt("Insert your message and click Send button");
// pop up the form
t.Show();
if (t.DialogResult == System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK)
{ 
  MessageBox.Show("RTP", "Message sent to user"); 
}

This is not so easy because basically popups are not supported in windows forms. Although windows forms is based on win32 and in win32 popup are supported. If you accept a few tricks, following code will set you going with a popup. You decide if you want to put it to good use :

class PopupWindow : Control
{
    private const int WM_ACTIVATE = 0x0006;
    private const int WM_MOUSEACTIVATE = 0x0021;

    private Control ownerControl;

    public PopupWindow(Control ownerControl)
        :base()
    {
        this.ownerControl = ownerControl;
        base.SetTopLevel(true);
    }

    public Control OwnerControl
    {
        get
        {
            return (this.ownerControl as Control);
        }
        set
        {
            this.ownerControl = value;
        }
    }

    protected override CreateParams CreateParams
    {
        get
        {
            CreateParams createParams = base.CreateParams;

            createParams.Style = WindowStyles.WS_POPUP |
                                 WindowStyles.WS_VISIBLE |
                                 WindowStyles.WS_CLIPSIBLINGS |
                                 WindowStyles.WS_CLIPCHILDREN |
                                 WindowStyles.WS_MAXIMIZEBOX |
                                 WindowStyles.WS_BORDER;
            createParams.ExStyle = WindowsExtendedStyles.WS_EX_LEFT |
                                   WindowsExtendedStyles.WS_EX_LTRREADING |
                                   WindowsExtendedStyles.WS_EX_RIGHTSCROLLBAR | 
                                   WindowsExtendedStyles.WS_EX_TOPMOST;

            createParams.Parent = (this.ownerControl != null) ? this.ownerControl.Handle : IntPtr.Zero;
            return createParams;
        }
    }

    [DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, ExactSpelling = true)]
    public static extern IntPtr SetActiveWindow(HandleRef hWnd);

    protected override void WndProc(ref Message m)
    {
        switch (m.Msg)
        {
            case WM_ACTIVATE:
                {
                    if ((int)m.WParam == 1)
                    {
                        //window is being activated
                        if (ownerControl != null)
                        {
                            SetActiveWindow(new HandleRef(this, ownerControl.FindForm().Handle));
                        }
                    }
                    break;
                }
            case WM_MOUSEACTIVATE:
                {
                    m.Result = new IntPtr(MouseActivate.MA_NOACTIVATE);
                    return;
                    //break;
                }
        }
        base.WndProc(ref m);
    }

    protected override void OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e)
    {
        base.OnPaint(e);
        e.Graphics.FillRectangle(SystemBrushes.Info, 0, 0, Width, Height);
        e.Graphics.DrawString((ownerControl as VerticalDateScrollBar).FirstVisibleDate.ToLongDateString(), this.Font, SystemBrushes.InfoText, 2, 2);
    }
}

Experiment with it a bit, you have to play around with its position and its size. Use it wrong and nothing shows.

"But the thing is I also want to be able to add textboxes etc in this popup window thru the form designer."

It's unclear from your description at what stage in the development process you're in. If you haven't already figured it out, to create a new Form you click on Project --> Add Windows Form, then type in a name for the form and hit the "Add" button. Now you can add controls to your form as you'd expect.

When it comes time to display it, follow the advice of the other posts to create an instance and call Show() or ShowDialog() as appropriate.

If you mean to create a new form when a button is clicked, the below code may be of some use to you:

private void settingsButton_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    // Create a new instance of the Form2 class
    Form2 settingsForm = new Form2();

    // Show the settings form
    settingsForm.Show();
}

From here, you could also use the 'Show Dialog' method

Forms in C# are classes that inherit the Form base class.

You can show a popup by creating an instance of the class and calling ShowDialog().