DXMessageBox.Show(String, String, MessageBoxButton, MessageBoxImage) Method

Displays the DXMessageBox with specific text, title, image and set of buttons.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Core

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

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.Core

Declaration

C#

public static MessageBoxResult Show(
    string messageBoxText,
    string caption,
    MessageBoxButton button,
    MessageBoxImage icon
)

VB.NET

Public Shared Function Show(
    messageBoxText As String,
    caption As String,
    button As MessageBoxButton,
    icon As MessageBoxImage
) As MessageBoxResult

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
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.

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.

Related GitHub Examples

The following code snippets (auto-collected from DevExpress Examples) contain references to the Show(String, String, MessageBoxButton, MessageBoxImage) method.

Note

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C#

wpf-spreadsheet-how-to-create-a-custom-message-box-service/CS/WpfSpreadsheet_MessageBoxService/MyMessageBoxService.cs#L19

{
    MessageBoxResult result = DXMessageBox.Show(customMessage, title, MessageBoxButton.OKCancel, MessageBoxImage.Stop);
    return result == MessageBoxResult.OK ? PortableDialogResult.No : (PortableDialogResult)result;

wpf-scheduler-customize-built-in-ribbon-control/CS/SchedulerRibbonExample/MainWindow.xaml.cs#L13

void About_ItemClick(object sender, DevExpress.Xpf.Bars.ItemClickEventArgs e) {
    DXMessageBox.Show(@"This example demonstrates how to customize the WPF Scheduler's integrated ribbon UI. Use the Scheduler's RibbonActions collection to create, remove or modify ribbon elements.",
        "Scheduler Ribbon Example", MessageBoxButton.OK, MessageBoxImage.Information);

VB.NET

wpf-spreadsheet-how-to-create-a-custom-message-box-service/VB/WpfSpreadsheet_MessageBoxService/MyMessageBoxService.vb#L18

If errorStyle = DataValidationErrorStyle.Stop Then
    Dim result As MessageBoxResult = DXMessageBox.Show(customMessage, title, MessageBoxButton.OKCancel, MessageBoxImage.Stop)
    Return If(result = MessageBoxResult.OK, PortableDialogResult.No, CType(result, PortableDialogResult))

wpf-spreadsheet-how-to-replace-standard-command-with-custom-command/VB/WpfSpreadsheet_CustomCommand/CustomCommandService.vb#L34

Protected Overrides Sub ExecuteCore()
    Dim result As MessageBoxResult = DXMessageBox.Show("Do you want to clear the cell content?", "Warning", MessageBoxButton.YesNo, MessageBoxImage.Warning)
    If result = MessageBoxResult.Yes Then

wpf-scheduler-customize-built-in-ribbon-control/VB/SchedulerRibbonExample/MainWindow.xaml.vb#L17

Private Sub About_ItemClick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DevExpress.Xpf.Bars.ItemClickEventArgs)
    DXMessageBox.Show("This example demonstrates how to customize the WPF Scheduler's integrated ribbon UI. Use the Scheduler's RibbonActions collection to create, remove or modify ribbon elements.", "Scheduler Ribbon Example", MessageBoxButton.OK, MessageBoxImage.Information)
End Sub