Added option to set WPF Window or Windows Form as owner of all dialogs initiated by AutoUpdater. (#617)

This fixes #584.

Author: Fruchtzwerg94

AutoUpdater.NET/AutoUpdater.NET.csproj

@@ -51,6 +51,6 @@
         <PackageReference Include="Resource.Embedder" Version="1.2.8" PrivateAssets="All"/>
     </ItemGroup>
     <ItemGroup>
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Web.WebView2" Version="1.0.1722.45"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Web.WebView2" Version="1.0.1774.30"/>
     </ItemGroup>
 </Project>

AutoUpdater.NET/AutoUpdater.cs

@@ -1,17 +1,20 @@
 using System;
 using System.ComponentModel;
 using System.Diagnostics;
-using System.Drawing;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Net;
 using System.Net.Cache;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Threading;
+using System.Windows;
 using System.Windows.Forms;
 using System.Xml;
 using System.Xml.Serialization;
 using AutoUpdaterDotNET.Properties;
+using Application = System.Windows.Forms.Application;
+using MessageBox = System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox;
+using Size = System.Drawing.Size;
 using Timer = System.Timers.Timer;
 
 namespace AutoUpdaterDotNET;
@@ -86,6 +89,8 @@ public static class AutoUpdater
 
     private static bool _isWinFormsApplication;
 
+    private static IWin32Window _owner;
+
     private static Timer _remindLaterTimer;
 
     internal static Uri BaseUri;
@@ -243,6 +248,20 @@ public static class AutoUpdater
     /// </summary>
     public static event ParseUpdateInfoHandler ParseUpdateInfoEvent;
 
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Set the owner for all dialogs.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="obj">WPF Window or Windows Form object to be used as owner for all dialogs.</param>
+    public static void SetOwner(object obj)
+    {
+        _owner = obj switch
+        {
+            Form form => form,
+            Window window => new Wpf32Window(window),
+            _ => _owner
+        };
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     ///     Start checking for new version of application and display a dialog to the user if update is available.
     /// </summary>
@@ -503,7 +522,8 @@ private static bool StartUpdate(object result)
 
                 if (ReportErrors)
                 {
-                    MessageBox.Show(Resources.UpdateUnavailableMessage,
+                    MessageBox.Show(_owner,
+                        Resources.UpdateUnavailableMessage,
                         Resources.UpdateUnavailableCaption,
                         MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information);
                 }
@@ -525,15 +545,17 @@ private static void ShowError(Exception exception)
             {
                 if (exception is WebException)
                 {
-                    MessageBox.Show(
+                    MessageBox.Show(_owner,
                         Resources.UpdateCheckFailedMessage,
-                        Resources.UpdateCheckFailedCaption, MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
+                        Resources.UpdateCheckFailedCaption,
+                        MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    MessageBox.Show(exception.Message,
-                        exception.GetType().ToString(), MessageBoxButtons.OK,
-                        MessageBoxIcon.Error);
+                    MessageBox.Show(_owner,
+                        exception.Message,
+                        exception.GetType().ToString(),
+                        MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -662,7 +684,7 @@ public static bool DownloadUpdate(UpdateInfoEventArgs args)
 
         try
         {
-            return downloadDialog.ShowDialog().Equals(DialogResult.OK);
+            return downloadDialog.ShowDialog(_owner).Equals(DialogResult.OK);
         }
         catch (TargetInvocationException)
         {
@@ -684,7 +706,7 @@ public static void ShowUpdateForm(UpdateInfoEventArgs args)
             updateForm.Size = UpdateFormSize.Value;
         }
 
-        if (updateForm.ShowDialog().Equals(DialogResult.OK))
+        if (updateForm.ShowDialog(_owner).Equals(DialogResult.OK))
         {
             Exit();
         }

AutoUpdater.NET/DownloadUpdateDialog.cs

@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ private void WebClientOnDownloadFileCompleted(object sender, AsyncCompletedEvent
         }
         catch (Exception e)
         {
-            MessageBox.Show(e.Message, e.GetType().ToString(), MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
+            MessageBox.Show(this, e.Message, e.GetType().ToString(), MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
             _webClient = null;
         }
         finally

AutoUpdater.NET/UpdateForm.cs

@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ private void WebView_CoreWebView2InitializationCompleted(object sender,
         {
             if (AutoUpdater.ReportErrors)
             {
-                MessageBox.Show(e.InitializationException.Message, e.InitializationException.GetType().ToString(),
+                MessageBox.Show(this, e.InitializationException.Message, e.InitializationException.GetType().ToString(),
                     MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
             }
 
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ private void ButtonRemindLaterClick(object sender, EventArgs e)
         if (AutoUpdater.LetUserSelectRemindLater)
         {
             using var remindLaterForm = new RemindLaterForm();
-            DialogResult dialogResult = remindLaterForm.ShowDialog();
+            DialogResult dialogResult = remindLaterForm.ShowDialog(this);
 
             switch (dialogResult)
             {

AutoUpdater.NET/Wpf32Window.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+using System;
+using System.Windows;
+using System.Windows.Interop;
+using IWin32Window = System.Windows.Forms.IWin32Window;
+
+namespace AutoUpdaterDotNET;
+
+internal class Wpf32Window : IWin32Window
+{
+    public Wpf32Window(Window wpfWindow)
+    {
+        Handle = new WindowInteropHelper(wpfWindow).EnsureHandle();
+    }
+
+    public IntPtr Handle { get; }
+}

AutoUpdater.NET/build/Autoupdater.NET.Official.nuspec

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <package xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/packaging/2013/05/nuspec.xsd">
     <metadata>
         <id>Autoupdater.NET.Official</id>
-        <version>1.8.1.0</version>
+        <version>1.8.2.0</version>
         <title>AutoUpdater.NET</title>
         <authors>rbsoft</authors>
         <requireLicenseAcceptance>false</requireLicenseAcceptance>
@@ -17,16 +17,16 @@
         <tags>autoupdate updater c# vb wpf winforms</tags>
         <dependencies>
             <group targetFramework=".NETFramework4.5">
-                <dependency id="Microsoft.Web.WebView2" version="1.0.1722.45" exclude="Build,Analyzers"/>
+                <dependency id="Microsoft.Web.WebView2" version="1.0.1774.30" exclude="Build,Analyzers"/>
             </group>
             <group targetFramework=".NETCoreApp3.1">
-                <dependency id="Microsoft.Web.WebView2" version="1.0.1722.45" exclude="Build,Analyzers"/>
+                <dependency id="Microsoft.Web.WebView2" version="1.0.1774.30" exclude="Build,Analyzers"/>
             </group>
             <group targetFramework="net5.0-windows7.0">
-                <dependency id="Microsoft.Web.WebView2" version="1.0.1722.45" exclude="Build,Analyzers"/>
+                <dependency id="Microsoft.Web.WebView2" version="1.0.1774.30" exclude="Build,Analyzers"/>
             </group>
             <group targetFramework="net6.0-windows7.0">
-                <dependency id="Microsoft.Web.WebView2" version="1.0.1722.45" exclude="Build,Analyzers"/>
+                <dependency id="Microsoft.Web.WebView2" version="1.0.1774.30" exclude="Build,Analyzers"/>
             </group>
         </dependencies>
         <frameworkReferences>

AutoUpdaterTest/AutoUpdaterTest.csproj

@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
-        <ProjectReference Include="..\AutoUpdater.NET\AutoUpdater.NET.csproj" />
+        <ProjectReference Include="..\AutoUpdater.NET\AutoUpdater.NET.csproj"/>
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
-        <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.3" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.3"/>
     </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>

AutoUpdaterTest/MainWindow.xaml

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
         xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
         xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
         mc:Ignorable="d"
+        Topmost="True"
         Title="MainWindow" Height="200" Width="400" ResizeMode="NoResize">
     <Grid Row="2" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center">
         <Grid.RowDefinitions>

AutoUpdaterTest/MainWindow.xaml.cs

@@ -191,6 +191,9 @@ private void ButtonCheckForUpdate_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
         // Uncomment following line if you want to execute different executable after the update. This only works when you use zip file as an update file.
         AutoUpdater.ExecutablePath = "bin/AutoUpdaterTest.exe";
 
+        // Uncomment following line to set this window as owner of the all dialogs initiated by AutoUpdater. It is necessary to do this if TopMost is set to true in your form or window.
+        AutoUpdater.SetOwner(this);
+
         AutoUpdater.Start("https://rbsoft.org/updates/AutoUpdaterTest.xml");
     }
 }

README.md

@@ -325,6 +325,16 @@ You can specify the size of the update form by using below code.
 AutoUpdater.UpdateFormSize = new System.Drawing.Size(800, 600);
 ````
 
+### Set the owner Form / Window
+
+To ensure the dialogs showed by the auto updater are visible and always focussed correctly related to an application
+Form or Window, it may be necessary to set an owner. You can assign a Form or WPF Window as the owner by following the
+example below.
+
+````csharp
+AutoUpdater.SetOwner(yourMainFormOrWpfWindow);
+````
+
 ### Change storage method of Remind Later and Skip options
 
 You can change how AutoUpdater.NET saves the Remind Later and Skip values by assigning the PersistenceProvider. If you