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DialogService.ShowDialog<T> method (1 of 2)

public DialogResult ShowDialog<T>(T viewModel, string? caption)
    where T : IDialogAwareViewModel

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DialogService.ShowDialog<T> method (2 of 2)

Shows a modal dialog on top of the specified window. When no owner is given, the active application window is used.

public DialogResult ShowDialog<T>(T viewModel, string? caption, Window? owner)
    where T : IDialogAwareViewModel
parameter description
T The type of the view model that drives the dialog.
viewModel The view model to display. It supplies the dialog content and buttons, and stays attached to the window until the dialog closes.
caption The window caption. When null, the caption is taken from Title.
owner The window the dialog is shown on top of. When null, the active application window is used.

Return Value

The button the dialog was closed with, or None if the user dismissed it through the window caption button.

Exceptions

exception condition
ArgumentNullException viewModel is null.

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