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XtraMessageBox.Show(UserLookAndFeel, String, String, DefaultBoolean) Method

Displays the XtraMessageBox with the specified settings.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraEditors

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraEditors.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

[Browsable(false)]
[EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
public static DialogResult Show(
    UserLookAndFeel lookAndFeel,
    string text,
    string caption,
    DefaultBoolean allowHtmlText
)

Parameters

Name Type Description
lookAndFeel UserLookAndFeel

A UserLookAndFeel object whose properties specify the look and feel of the message box.

text String

The text to display in the message box.

caption String

A string value that specifies the caption of the message box.

allowHtmlText DefaultBoolean

A value that specifies whether HTML tags can be used to format the text and caption of a message box. See XtraMessageBox.AllowHtmlText to learn more.

Returns

Type Description
DialogResult

One of the DialogResult values.

Remarks

The following list shows the default parameters of the Show method overloads. You can override these parameters using a specific Show method overload.

  • Caption - Empty string
  • Buttons - MessageBoxButtons.OK
  • Owner - null
  • Icon - MessageBoxIcon.None
  • DefaultButton - MessageBoxDefaultButton.Button1
  • XtraMessageBox.AllowHtmlText - DefaultBoolean.Default

Example

This example demonstrates how to display the XtraMessageBox.

WinForms XtraMessageBox

using DevExpress.XtraEditors;
using DevExpress.Utils;

private void simpleButton1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {
    if(XtraMessageBox.Show("Do you want to close the <b>form</b>?", "Warning", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo, MessageBoxIcon.Warning, DefaultBoolean.True) == DialogResult.Yes)
        this.Close();
}
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