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XtraMessageBox.Show(UserLookAndFeel, IWin32Window, String) Method

Displays the XtraMessageBox with the specified look and feel settings, owner and text.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraEditors

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraEditors.v25.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

public static DialogResult Show(
    UserLookAndFeel lookAndFeel,
    IWin32Window owner,
    string text
)

Parameters

Name Type Description
lookAndFeel UserLookAndFeel

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

owner IWin32Window

An object that serves as a dialog box’s top-level window and owner.

text String

A string value that specifies the text to display in the message box.

Returns

Type Description
DialogResult

One of the DialogResult values.

Remarks

The following code snippet displays an XtraMessageBox using the WXI skin, regardless of the application’s current skin.

const string text = "Hello DevExpress!";
var lookAndFeel = new UserLookAndFeel(this) { SkinName = "WXI", UseDefaultLookAndFeel = false };

XtraMessageBox.Show(lookAndFeel, this, text);

Default Parameters

Parameter Default Value Property Name
Caption String.Empty Caption
Buttons MessageBoxButtons.OK Buttons
DefaultButtonIndex 0 DefaultButtonIndex
Owner null Owner
Icon MessageBoxIcon.None ImageOptions

The following code snippet displays the XtraMessageBox with formatted text and a warning icon. If the user clicks Yes, the application closes the current form.

WinForms XtraMessageBox, DevExpress

using DevExpress.XtraEditors;
using DevExpress.Utils;

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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