Cancel buttons can be an important part of working with forms. If no DialogResult is set, the form will close but the calling code will continue unhindered.
To work properly, both the OK and Cancel actions should be set.
First, make sure to be getting a result from the form:
Form userSelect = new UserSelectForm();
DialogResult userResult = userSelect.ShowDialog();
For cancel or close, the FormClosed trigger can be used with a simple ‘return’:
private void UserSelectForm_FormClosed(object sender, FormClosedEventArgs e)
{
return;
}
Setting the CancelButton property will effectively perform the same action.
For OK, use something like this:
private void okButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
DialogResult = DialogResult.OK;
this.Close();
}
Once outside the form, make sure to do a check, like this (or check for OK, either way):
if (userResult == DialogResult.Cancel)
{
return;
}
By doing this, I can leave the method that I’m in without having to do anything else special. By setting the OK status appropriately, I can also make sure that the rest of the code operates.
