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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.v24.2.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 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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