How to use the Windows Vista TaskDialog in WPF

Introduction

Windows Vista comes with an new standard dialog box called task dialog. The TaskDialog was developed as part of Windows Vista's "clarity" offensive to improve the user experience. It provides a lot more features than the original message box.

The TaskDialog is part of the comctrl32.dll library and only available on Windows Vista or later, its not part of WPF or the .NET framework. To use it from managed code, we need to write a interop wrapper.

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 Comments on this article

AlSki	Commented on 15.June 2009 When is it going to be finished?
vrd	Commented on 9.August 2009 looking forward to the article being finished.
Mani	Commented on 12.August 2009 You can use the Vista Bridge Library and/or the Windows API Code Pack: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/VistaBridge http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/WindowsAPICodePack HTH, Mani
Austin	Commented on 25.August 2009 really looking foward to this... if i want to create an App with taskdialog, do i create the lib myself or can i download it from somewhere and use it?
cortisol	Commented on 31.August 2009 pretty much
amitabh ghosh	Commented on 6.June 2010 we are waiting for it buddy..
Flavio	Commented on 27.July 2010 You could release the source code of this application (screenshot) for download?
YJ	Commented on 22.August 2010 use Ookii dialog. it is good to use.
Christian	Commented on 13.September 2010 In addition to Manis comment from 12.August 2009... There is a nice tutorial available as PDF on how to use the WinAPICodePack and its components: http://www.hinzberg.net/api7/api7/downlaods_files/windows7api.pdf Have fun!
Anonymous	Commented on 2.January 2011 Please update it tutorial. I am going mad implementing the API. Please!
rajesh	Commented on 21.January 2011 It contains an incomplete information of taskdialog
swat	Commented on 19.May 2011 can I create a Font application (same as the application we click to change font its size and style) in WPF????? And if yes How??????
Sreekumar	Commented on 31.May 2011 Hi, Can you please complete this article........
Tiberius	Commented on 19.July 2011 Danke für den Link zur Windows7api.pdf, war sehr hilfreich. Spitzen Homepage, immer ein Quell an Inspiration für mich!
yourMother	Commented on 28.July 2011 2 years and nothing comes. asshole
Lmaa	Commented on 29.July 2011 Look under http://www.codeproject.com/KB/WPF/WPFTaskDialogVistaAndXP.aspx There is Code for you
Ahtesham	Commented on 4.September 2011 Can u please complete this atical, and show how to use it. reagrds thanks.