# DialogBoxLauncher Class

> The DialogBoxLauncher class represents the dialog box launcher item of a RibbonGroup. A DialogBoxLauncher is inherited from the System.ComponentModel.Component class. The following describes only the properties, methods and events defined through the DialogBoxLauncher class. For a list of properties, methods and events inherited from the System.ComponentModel.Component class see the .NET Framework reference.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Class
- **Introduced:** 24.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl.Windows.Forms.Ribbon`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.WinForms.SDK` (assembly `TXTextControl.Windows.Forms.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXTextControl.Windows.Forms.dll` from the setup
- **Inherits:** `System.ComponentModel.Component`
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms > Reference > TXTextControl.Windows.Forms.Ribbon > DialogBoxLauncher Class
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- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/dialogboxlauncher/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/dialogboxlauncher/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/dialogboxlauncher/llms-full.txt

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### Description

The DialogBoxLauncher class represents the dialog box launcher item of a [RibbonGroup](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbongroup/llms-full.txt). A DialogBoxLauncher is inherited from the `System.ComponentModel.Component` class. The following describes only the properties, methods and events defined through the DialogBoxLauncher class. For a list of properties, methods and events inherited from the `System.ComponentModel.Component` class see the .NET Framework reference.

### Syntax

```csharp
public class DialogBoxLauncher : Component
```

```vbnet
Public Class DialogBoxLauncher
    Inherits Component
```

### Examples

The following example includes the context menu strip value from a Dialog Box Launcher object in application diagnostics. The created object is then available to the surrounding document workflow.

```csharp
Console.WriteLine($"Context Menu Strip: {dialogBoxLauncher.ContextMenuStrip}");
Console.WriteLine("Dialog Box Launcher is ready for use.");
```

```vbnet
Console.WriteLine($"Context Menu Strip: {dialogBoxLauncher.ContextMenuStrip}")
Console.WriteLine("Dialog Box Launcher is ready for use.")
```

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## In This Section

- [DialogBoxLauncher.Click Event](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/dialogboxlauncher/click-event/llms-full.txt): Occurs as the dialog box launcher is clicked.
- [DialogBoxLauncher.ContextMenuStrip Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/dialogboxlauncher/contextmenustrip-property/llms-full.txt): Gets or sets the ContextMenuStrip associated with this dialog box launcher.
- [DialogBoxLauncher.Enabled Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/dialogboxlauncher/enabled-property/llms-full.txt): Gets or sets a value indicating whether this dialog box launcher is enabled.
- [DialogBoxLauncher.ToolStripItemImage Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/dialogboxlauncher/toolstripitemimage-property/llms-full.txt): Gets or sets a 16x16 icon for this dialog box launcher's quick access toolbar tool strip item.
- [DialogBoxLauncher.ToolTip Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/dialogboxlauncher/tooltip-property/llms-full.txt): Gets an object of type RibbonToolTip that displays text when the mouse pointer hovers over the item.
- [DialogBoxLauncher.Visible Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/dialogboxlauncher/visible-property/llms-full.txt): Gets or sets a value indicating whether this dialog box launcher is visible.

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [ContextualTabGroupCollection Class](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/contextualtabgroupcollection/llms-full.txt)
- **Next:** [DialogBoxLauncher.Click Event](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/dialogboxlauncher/click-event/llms-full.txt)