Replacement for yes/no/cancel MessageBox (C#)

Question

I am looking for a decent replacement for the standard windows YES/NO or YES/NO/CANCEL MessageBox.

I have often seen these standard dialogs misused in ways such as: "To save in plain text answer YES, or to save in html answer NO". Obviously, the text should read "Save As: and the "buttons should be labeled "Text" and "HTML". It is not a yes/no question that is being asked, and although it could be phrased that way, it would not be easy to read and understand.

Microsoft gives no way to change the text on the buttons. There is no fast/simple way to build a replacement from scratch... as evidenced by the number of applications using the awkward style mentioned above.

Is there any free C# replacement dialog or MessageBox out there that lets you at least:
- specify the number of buttons
- specify the text to appear on each button
- specify the default button

I have looked and have been unable to find one.

(I would build one myself, but I am not familiar enough with all the behaviors that a fully functional control should have, since I only need/use/know a small subset. Two examples I don't use: themes and internationalization. I need something that my coworkers will also want to use.)

Answer 1

Check out Dissecting the MessageBox on CodeProject. The project is a bit dated, but it's pretty much exactly what you're looking for and it shouldn't take much to update it.