DialogResult does not default to None?

VB.NET 2010, Framework 3.5

All the documentation I see says that the DialogResult's default value is None

Return Values:
One of the System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult values. The default value is None.

The problems I'm seeing. . I open a form via ShowDialog(), the form I open does NOT set a DialogResult value anywhere, it seems no matter how I close the dialog the returning DialogResult is always 'Cancel' not 'None'. Why is it documented to default to 'None' when it seems that the default is 'Cancel'??

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...(v=vs.90).aspx

You're confusing the Button's DialogResult property with the Form's ShowDialog return value.
The ShowDialog's return value will be the DialogResult of the Button clicked - if you clicked with the 'x' on the upper right, then according to ShowDialog's documention, the return value is 'Cancel'. If you clicked on one of your buttons, what is the value of the button's DialogResult property?

Indeed I was looking at system.windows.forms.button.dialogresult

I zeroed in non system.windows.forms.dialogresult instead and notice that there is no default documented so. . I suppose I'll need to assume the default is Cancel.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...(v=vs.90).aspx

I was hoping to see a documented 'default' return value to know what to look for when a form is closed via <Alt><F4>, by Right Clicking the icon in the task bar and choosing <Close> or Xing our via the top right corner etc.

Code:

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Public Class Form1
    Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        Dim frm As New Form2
        Dim dr As New DialogResult
        dr = frm.ShowDialog()
        Debug.Print(dr.ToString) ' defaults to Cancel  ??
    End Sub
End Class

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Originally Posted by NigelTunney

I was hoping to see a documented 'default' return value to know what to look for when a form is closed via <Alt><F4>, by Right Clicking the icon in the task bar and choosing <Close> or Xing our via the top right corner etc.

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The FormClosing event can provide info on how the Form is going to be closed. That event passes a FormClosingEventArgs which has a property called CloseReason.