File: System\Windows\Forms\Design\IUIService.cs
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// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 
using System.Collections;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 
namespace System.Windows.Forms.Design;
 
/// <summary>
///  Provides support for interaction with the user interface of the development
///  environment object that is hosting the designer
/// </summary>
[Guid("06A9C74B-5E32-4561-BE73-381B37869F4F")]
public interface IUIService
{
    /// <summary>
    ///  Gets or sets the collections of styles that are specific to the host's environment
    /// </summary>
    IDictionary Styles { get; }
 
    /// <summary>
    ///  Indicates whether the component can display a ComponentDesigner
    /// </summary>
    bool CanShowComponentEditor(object component);
 
    /// <summary>
    ///  Gets the window that should be used for dialog parenting
    /// </summary>
    IWin32Window GetDialogOwnerWindow();
 
    /// <summary>
    ///  Sets a flag indicating the UI is dirty
    /// </summary>
    void SetUIDirty();
 
    /// <summary>
    ///  Attempts to display a ComponentEditor for a component
    /// </summary>
    bool ShowComponentEditor(object component, IWin32Window parent);
 
    /// <summary>
    ///  Attempts to display the specified form in a dialog box
    /// </summary>
    DialogResult ShowDialog(Form form);
 
    /// <summary>
    ///  Displays the specified error message in a message box
    /// </summary>
    void ShowError(string message);
 
    /// <summary>
    ///  Displays the specified exception and its information in a message box
    /// </summary>
    void ShowError(Exception ex);
 
    /// <summary>
    ///  Displays the specified exception and its information in a message box
    /// </summary>
    void ShowError(Exception ex, string message);
 
    /// <summary>
    ///  Displays the specified message in a message box
    /// </summary>
    void ShowMessage(string message);
 
    /// <summary>
    ///  Displays the specified message in a message box with the specified caption
    /// </summary>
    void ShowMessage(string message, string caption);
 
    /// <summary>
    ///  Displays the specified message in a message box with the specified caption and
    ///  buttons to place on the dialog box
    /// </summary>
    DialogResult ShowMessage(string message, string caption, MessageBoxButtons buttons);
 
    /// <summary>
    ///  Displays the specified tool window
    /// </summary>
    bool ShowToolWindow(Guid toolWindow);
}