DXMessageBox.Show(FrameworkElement, String, String, MessageBoxButton, MessageBoxImage, MessageBoxResult, MessageBoxOptions) Method

Displays the DXMessageBox with specific owner, text, title, icon, display options and set of buttons, one of which is set as default.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Core

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Core.v24.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.Core

Declaration

C#

public static MessageBoxResult Show(
    FrameworkElement owner,
    string messageBoxText,
    string caption,
    MessageBoxButton button,
    MessageBoxImage icon,
    MessageBoxResult defaultResult,
    MessageBoxOptions options
)

VB.NET

Public Shared Function Show(
    owner As FrameworkElement,
    messageBoxText As String,
    caption As String,
    button As MessageBoxButton,
    icon As MessageBoxImage,
    defaultResult As MessageBoxResult,
    options As MessageBoxOptions
) As MessageBoxResult

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
owner	FrameworkElement	A FrameworkElement object that owns the current DXMessageBox.
messageBoxText	String	A String value that is the text to be displayed within the current DXMessageBox.
caption	String	A String value that is the DXMessageBox window caption.
button	MessageBoxButton	A System.Windows.MessageBoxButton enumerator value that specifies the set of buttons displayed within the current DXMessageBox.
icon	MessageBoxImage	A System.Windows.MessageBoxImage enumerator value that specifies which icon to display within the current DXMessageBox.
defaultResult	MessageBoxResult	A System.Windows.MessageBoxResult that specifies which message box button is default. A default button is highlighted when a DXMessageBox is shown.
options	MessageBoxOptions	A System.Windows.MessageBoxOptions enumerator value that specifies which display and association options will be used for the message box.

Returns

Type	Description
MessageBoxResult	A System.Windows.MessageBoxResult enumerator value that indicates which message box button an end-user has clicked.

Remarks

You can determine which of the DXMessageBox‘s buttons an end user has clicked by checking the return value (see the code below).

C#

MessageBoxResult result = DevExpress.Xpf.Core.DXMessageBox.Show("Click a button", "Message", MessageBoxButton.YesNo);
if (result == MessageBoxResult.Yes) DevExpress.Xpf.Core.DXMessageBox.Show("'YES' button clicked", "Result");
else DevExpress.Xpf.Core.DXMessageBox.Show("'NO' button clicked", "Result");

VB.NET

Dim result As MessageBoxResult = DevExpress.Xpf.Core.DXMessageBox.Show("Click a button", "Message", MessageBoxButton.YesNo)
If result Is MessageBoxResult.Yes Then
DevExpress.Xpf.Core.DXMessageBox.Show("'YES' button clicked", "Result")
Else
    DevExpress.Xpf.Core.DXMessageBox.Show("'NO' button clicked", "Result")
End If

A message box with unspecified buttons displays the ‘OK’ button by default and returns the MessageBoxResult.OK value.