Question

I have a VB6 form with buttons with the text ‘Continue’ and ‘Cancel’. I want to check which one was clicked. In C# every form has a dialog result and I could set it before exiting the form depending on which button was clicked. I don’t see this in VB6.

Is there a dialog result? If not what is the best practice for checking the dialog result?

Answer 1

To simulate the .net WinForms behaviour, you will need a helper function in your form’s code:

Public Function ShowDialog() As VbMsgBoxResult
  Me.Show vbModal
  ShowDialog = Iif(Cancelled, vbCancel, vbOk)
  Unload Me
End Function

The form level Cancelled variable can be set by the button event functions before calling .Hide() or .Close(), or you could have a variable containing the result code directly.