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Disabling Dialog Flashing C#

I have a populated ListView dialog. If a user clicks on an option in the ListView, a new dialog is shown above the ListView.
My problems is that when I click off of the new top-most dialog (onto the ListView behind it), the new dialog's borders flash/blink several times. The icon on the taskbar also flashes. I wish to disable the flashing, but cannot find a property to change.
To show my dialog, I use the following code:
if (detail == null)
detail = new Details(opt, val, user, desc, m_l);
else
detail = null;
detail.ShowDialog();

This is intended behavior, it's because the new dialog is modal. It's drawing attention to the fact that something needs to be done.
If you need to make a non-modal form, instead of using ShowDialog(), simply use Show().

Sounds like to me you are creating modal windows each time. And you cannot resume the previous dialogs until you dismiss your new top-most window.
Take a look at this wikipedia article for information about modal dialogs.
I would advise you look at how you are creating/showing your windows.
In WPF you show windows via Show() or ShowDialog(), however, I do not know which type of ListView you are using
EDIT:
Per your comment, you want modal dialogs. The only ways I can think of even trying to remove the flashing is going into WINAPI. This doesn't seem like a job for .NET.
I want to suggest a few things:
Take a look at options for showing each window. See this MSDN page
Take a look at the options for styling each window. See this MSDN page
Reconsider your design. I know this may take a lot of work, but having so many layers of windows is kind of unappealing to most users. Ultimately, I believe this option will make your application the best.

Thank you all for your answers and guidance. I have found the best way to handle my problem.
I was using an event ItemActivated. This event was called when an a highlighted item on the ListView was clicked. This became a problem when the user would double click on an already selected item. This would cause the new dialog to show, but also flash several times.
By using the DoubleClick event instead, a single click on a selected object does nothing. A double click on either a selected or non-selected item opens the dialog without the flashes. The flashes still appear if you try to click off of the dialog box, but are not as much of an issue.

how to display textBox control in MessageBox?

Any idea how to display textBox control in MessageBox.
I'm working on winforms projcet c#.
Thank you in advance.

You can't. MessageBox is a special container designed to only show a message and buttons. Instead, you can create your own Form with whatever controls you want, and use .ShowDialog() on it.

You can simply add an Input box from VB.NET into your C# project.
First add Microsoft.VisualBasic to your project References, then use the following code:
string UserAnswer = Microsoft.VisualBasic.Interaction.InputBox("Your Message ", "Title", "Default Response");
And that should work properly.

It will be better to add a new Form in you application which you can customize the way you want.
and just call it from where ever required.

you could create a classic win form that looks like a message box and opening it as a modal form
perhaps using Form.ShowDialog
more info at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/c7ykbedk.aspx

You cannot customise the MessageBox, its better you use a popup designed using Windows Form separately and use its instance to invoke.
customPopup popup = new customPopup();
popup.ShowDialog();
Place your controls on the popup form and set their access modifiers to public if you want to access the textboxes or labels etc in your previous form.
customPopup popup = new customPopup();
popup.msgLabel.Text= "Your message";
popup.ShowDialog();

As I know there is no way to do that.
You can create a winform change it's style to look like a MessageBox and add your own controls.

Yes, as krillgar mentioned,you should create your own form. And
1. Encapsulate the form in a static class or function, so you may just call MyMessageBox.Show().
2. The textbox should have readonly=true, so the end users won't be able to change the text displayed, while they could select text and copy to clipboard.
Regarding to item 2, I believe many Windows build applications and MS Office use such approach.

using Microsoft.VisualBasic;//add reference
var Password = Interaction.InputBox("Message", "Title" ,"information in textbox", -1,-1);
In the variable "password" it receives the information that is entered from the text box.
Remember to add the reference "Microsoft.VisualBasic" in the solution explorer

Solution in here, you can create windows form and design it, set form is dialog, when you call form, it is auto show. In form you design, you set value some parameter static where other class in project, but you should set when you close form design that, OK, come back form init call show dialog, you create interval call when have == null return call, when != null you stop call back and using parameter in class static it !

Making a popup modal (containing a Custom UserControl)

I'm looking at updating some existing code and making a popup modal which contains a custom user control and wondering if this is possible?
I know if I was to place the custom UserControl inside another form this could be achieved quite easily but this seems a bit overkill.
(CommentBox is the custom control)
CommentBox comment = CommentManager.GetComments(commentType, foreignID);
.//Some code to determine location of the popup
.
.
Popup popup = new Popup(comment);
popup.Show(grid.PointToScreen(viewerLocation));

If it has to be modal, then you have to use a form.
If you are just needing it to pop up over the form, then look into ToolStripDropDown and ToolStripControlHost to provide that ability. Here is an example: Padding/ Size / Margin, when using ToolstripControlHost for a popup control

Dock Windows Forms (tabbed chat interface)

Edit for those who say to use tab control
I would love to use a tab control; yet i have no idea how to go about linking the tab control up from the main form. I would assume that I would have to do something like this:
Create Form with a blank TabControl on it, no pages created.
Create a CustomuserControl (Add -> user Control), with my controls on it.
When a new chat comes in, create a tab control Item, Tab Control Page, add the Custom Control to the Tab Control Page. Add the tab control handle to the hash table, so that when new messages come in, they can be referenced in the proper control.
But, i am so not sure how to do this. For example, I know that I can create custom events inside of the User Control, so that, for example, if each control has a 'bold' button, i can each page that has that control on it, to actually USE the button.
Yet i also need to register message callbacks, so that I can use a MessageGrabber to send data to it, and tha'ts not assigned inside of the UserControl, that's assigned programatically when a new window comes in; but since I have no controls to reference, i can't assign.
KISS Philosophy
Wouldn't it be easier to just create the form, like i do now, and then just dock that form within a window or something? So that, in essence, it's still creating the form, but it's also a separate window?
Original Question
Okay, so i'm stumped (which isn't that big of a surprise when it comes to complex C# logic lol)! What i'm trying to do is the following:
Goal: Setup tabbed chatting for new chat application.
Completed: Open new window whenever a chat message is received, or a user requests a new chat from the roster. This is working perfectly, and opens only a window when the user doesn't already have the chat open. Nice and happy there.
Problem: I dont want windows. Well, i do want A window, but, i do not want tons of separate windows. For example, our Customer Service team may have about 10 active IM windows going at one time, i do not want them to have to have 10 windows tiled there lol. I'd rather they have a single Private IM window, and all 10 tabs docked within the window.
Logic: This is my logic here, which may be flawed, i do apologize:
OnMessage: Open new chat window if one doesn't already exist; if one exists, open it as a tab within the current chat window.
SendMessage: ^^ ditto ^^
Code Examples:
if (!Util.ChatForms.ContainsKey(msg.From.Bare))
{
RosterNode rn = rosterControl1.GetRosterItem(msg.From);
string nick = msg.From.Bare;
if (rn != null)
nick = rn.Text;
frmChat f = new frmChat(msg.From, xmpp, nick);
f.Show();
f.IncomingMessage(msg);
return;
}
Note on above: The Util. function just keeps tracks of what windows are opened inside of a hashtable, that way, when messages come in, they route to the proper window. That is added with the:
Util.ChatForms.Add(m_Jid.Bare.ToLower(), this);
Command in the frmChat() form.
Library in Use: agsxmpp from: http://www.ag-software.de/agsxmpp-sdk/download/
Problem:
How can i convert this code to open inside of tabs, instead of windows? Can someone please give me some ideas, and help with that. I just can't seem to wrap my head around that concept.

Use TabControl

C#, WinCE Listview : opening a form when list view item is clicked

I just want to ask what is the best way to open a new form when a list view item is clicked?
Right now, I'm just using ShowDialog().
Thanks! :)

In WinCE, using ShowDialog is the best way to open a new form, since the call's modal nature means the stacking of forms (z-order) is handled for you. You could use Show, but then you have to manage your forms (i.e. which one is on top) yourself.