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.v20.2.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.WindowsDesktop.Wpf.Core, 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;

dxrichedit-for-wpf-building-a-mail-application-with-the-richeditcontrol-e3276/CS/MainWindow.xaml.cs#L45

    mailSender.Send(mailMessage);
    DXMessageBox.Show("Message sent", "RichEditSendMail", MessageBoxButton.OK, MessageBoxImage.Information);
}

dxrichedit-for-wpf-how-to-save-the-text-of-a-document-range-in-different-formats/CS/MainWindow.xaml.cs#L123

private void OpenFile(string fileName) {
    if (DXMessageBox.Show("Do you want to open this file?", "Html Example", MessageBoxButton.YesNo, MessageBoxImage.Question) == MessageBoxResult.Yes) {
        Process process = new Process();

how-to-implement-drag-and-drop-between-a-legacy-scheduler-and-a-grid-e3808/CS/MainWindow.xaml.cs#L77

MessageBoxResult mbResult = DXMessageBox.Show(msg + "\r\nProceed?", "Demo", MessageBoxButton.YesNo, MessageBoxImage.Question);

how-to-customize-the-integrated-ribbon-for-the-wpf-spreadsheet-t511399/CS/WpfSpreadsheet_RibbonCustomization/MainWindow.xaml.cs#L18

{
    DXMessageBox.Show("This example demonstrates how to customize the WPF Spreadsheet's integrated ribbon UI.\n\nUse the SpreadsheetControl's RibbonActions collection to create, remove or modify ribbon elements.",
        "Spreadsheet Ribbon Customization", 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))

dxrichedit-for-wpf-building-a-mail-application-with-the-richeditcontrol-e3276/VB/MainWindow.xaml.vb#L47

    mailSender.Send(mailMessage)
    DXMessageBox.Show("Message sent", "RichEditSendMail", MessageBoxButton.OK, MessageBoxImage.Information)
Catch exc As Exception

dxrichedit-for-wpf-how-to-save-the-text-of-a-document-range-in-different-formats/VB/MainWindow.xaml.vb#L117

Private Sub OpenFile(ByVal fileName As String)
    If DXMessageBox.Show("Do you want to open this file?", "Html Example", MessageBoxButton.YesNo, MessageBoxImage.Question) = MessageBoxResult.Yes Then
        Dim process As Process = New Process()

how-to-implement-drag-and-drop-between-a-legacy-scheduler-and-a-grid-e3808/VB/MainWindow.xaml.vb#L81

Dim mbResult As MessageBoxResult = DXMessageBox.Show(msg & ControlChars.CrLf & "Proceed?", "Demo", MessageBoxButton.YesNo, MessageBoxImage.Question)

how-to-customize-the-integrated-ribbon-for-the-wpf-spreadsheet-t511399/VB/WpfSpreadsheet_RibbonCustomization/MainWindow.xaml.vb#L16

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 Spreadsheet's integrated ribbon UI." & ControlChars.Lf & ControlChars.Lf & "Use the SpreadsheetControl's RibbonActions collection to create, remove or modify ribbon elements.", "Spreadsheet Ribbon Customization", MessageBoxButton.OK, MessageBoxImage.Information)
End Sub