Although Windows Vista and ComCtl32 6.0 has been around for more than a little white, The TaskDialog API is still not being properly exposed to managed code. The Windows API Code Pack, which was once meant to be the official way to use the API in managed code does not seem to be maintained anymore. There are several open source wrapper libraries -- but they tend to be bloated, and adding a dependency merely for being able to show a message box often seems inappropriate.
This sample project shows how you can use TaskDialogIndirect in C# with just
a little bit of P/Invoke wrapper code.
The code contains two examples:
(1) Showing a message box with additonal detail information:
(2) Showing a message box that offers a choice:
