MessageBox Owner

Question

Hello,
What to set for MessageBox.Show( owner? ) when calling it from a module?
I always use MessageBox.Show(Me, ...) but can't use it inside a module!
The module can be called from any form, so can't use a specific form name, unless I use startup form's name?
Thanks for the advise,

Answer 1

If you're calling a function or sub in a module pass the owner window as a parameter.

For example,

Module Module1  
    Function Mbox(owner As IWin32Window, str As String)  
        Return MessageBox.Show(owner, str)  
    End Function  
  
End Module  
  

Answer 2

It's not mandatory to pass a window as owner, you can also pass a simple text, see overloaded method:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.windows.forms.messagebox.show?view=windowsdesktop-6.0#system-windows-forms-messagebox-show(system-string-system-string-system-windows-forms-messageboxbuttons-system-windows-forms-messageboxicon-system-windows-forms-messageboxdefaultbutton-system-windows-forms-messageboxoptions-system-string-system-windows-forms-helpnavigator-system-object)