When debugging I feel a need to popup values from variables. I know that Visual Studio is cool but I feel the need to use it just typing. So I design an extension method to make it easy. You can add your custom objects, or Windows objects, and make a clause to show it or not. The message is shown only in DEBUG time.
See this sample,
using System;
using System.Net.Mail;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace DebugPopup
{
public partial class FrmSample : Form
{
public FrmSample() => InitializeComponent();
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
var eml = new MailAddress("[email protected]", "test");
eml.PopupBox();
var n = 0;
n.PopupBox();
Handle.PopupBox();
decimal.Zero.PopupBox(n==0, "n is equals zero!");
}
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
((Button)sender).PopupBox();
}
}
}
It 's an extension method that you only need to add.PopupBox() from the Visual Studio property menu.
You can add custom types and the message will be shown only in DEBUG mode, I mean that in production there will be no message.
This is the main code,
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Net.Mail;
using System.Diagnostics;
/// <summary>
/// Author: Jefferson Saul G. Motta
/// 10-24-2019 20:50
/// Uses the System
/// </summary>
namespace System
{
/// <summary>
/// This is my real code that I make to debug easly
/// You can copy to .NET Core as Well
/// If you are debugging in a local IIS (ASP.NET WebForms)
/// The popup will raises too
/// C# 7.3 and C# 8.0
/// About extensions: http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/blogs/extension-method-in-c-sharp3
/// </summary>
public static class ExtensionMethodStrings
{
/// <summary>
/// Popup for int value
/// </summary>
/// <param name="value"></param>
/// <param name="showIf"></param>
/// <param name="message"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static bool PopupBox(this int value, in bool showIf = true, in string message = "") => PopupIt($"Value: {value}", showIf, message);
/// <summary>
/// Popup for decimal value
/// </summary>
/// <param name="value"></param>
/// <param name="showIf"></param>
/// <param name="message"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static bool PopupBox(this decimal value, in bool showIf = true, in string message = "") => PopupIt($"Value: {value}", showIf, message);
/// <summary>
/// Popup for IntPtr value
/// </summary>
/// <param name="value"></param>
/// <param name="showIf"></param>
/// <param name="message"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static bool PopupBox(this IntPtr value, in bool showIf = true, in string message = "") => PopupIt($"Value: {value}", showIf, message);
/// <summary>
/// Popup for double value
/// </summary>
/// <param name="value"></param>
/// <param name="showIf"></param>
/// <param name="message"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static bool PopupBox(this double value, in bool showIf = true, in string message = "") => PopupIt($"Value: {value}", showIf, message);
/// <summary>
/// Popup for long value
/// </summary>
/// <param name="value"></param>
/// <param name="showIf"></param>
/// <param name="message"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static bool PopupBox(this long value, in bool showIf = true, in string message = "") => PopupIt($"Value: {value}", showIf, message);
/// <summary>
/// Popup for string value
/// </summary>
/// <param name="value"></param>
/// <param name="showIf"></param>
/// <param name="message"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static bool PopupBox(this string value, in bool showIf = true, in string message = "") => PopupIt($"Value: {value}", showIf, message);
/// <summary>
/// Popup for string value if contem a string
/// </summary>
/// <param name="value"></param>
/// <param name="contem"></param>
/// <param name="message"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static bool PopupBox(this string value, in string contem, in string message = "") => PopupIt($"Value: {value}", value.ContemUpper(contem), message);
/// <summary>
/// Popup for bool value
/// </summary>
/// <param name="value"></param>
/// <param name="showIf"></param>
/// <param name="message"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static bool PopupBox(this bool value, in bool showIf = true, in string message = "") => PopupIt($"Value: {value}", showIf, message);
/// <summary>
/// Check if exist comparing uppper text
/// </summary>
/// <param name="value"></param>
/// <param name="text"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
private static bool ContemUpper(this string value, string text) => string.IsNullOrEmpty(value) || string.IsNullOrEmpty(text) ? false : value.ToUpper().IndexOf(text.ToUpper()) != -1;
/// <summary>
/// Sample
/// You can add another controls or objects
/// </summary>
/// <param name="button"></param>
/// <param name="showIf"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static bool PopupBox(this Button button, in bool showIf = true) => PopupIt(button.Text, showIf);
/// <summary>
/// Sample
/// You can add another controls or objects
/// Test with MailAddress
/// </summary>
/// <param name="eml"></param>
/// <param name="showIf"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static bool PopupBox(this MailAddress eml, in bool showIf = true) => PopupIt(eml.Address, showIf);
/// <summary>
/// Add the label if value not is empty
/// </summary>
/// <param name="value"></param>
/// <param name="label"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
private static string LabelIfNotEmpty(this string value, string label) => string.IsNullOrEmpty(value) ? "" : $"{label}:{value}";
/// <summary>
/// Show popup only for DEBUG
/// </summary>
/// <param name="message"></param>
/// <param name="showIf"></param>
/// <param name="messageExtra"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
private static bool PopupIt(string message, in bool showIf = true, in string messageExtra = "")
#if (DEBUG)
{
// Show popup if true
if (showIf)
{
Debug.WriteLine($"{messageExtra.LabelIfNotEmpty("Extra message:")}{message}");
// Optional:
MessageBox.Show($"{messageExtra.LabelIfNotEmpty("Extra message:")}{message}");
}
// showIf
return showIf;
}
#else
// on Releases returns false
=> false;
#endif
}
}
