XtraMessageBox.Show(IWin32Window, String, String, DialogResult[], Icon, Int32, MessageBoxIcon) Method

Displays the XtraMessageBox with the specified owner, text, caption, buttons, icon, default button and plays the sound that corresponds to the specified system-alert level.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraEditors

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraEditors.v25.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

C#

public static DialogResult Show(
    IWin32Window owner,
    string text,
    string caption,
    DialogResult[] buttons,
    Icon icon,
    int defaultButton,
    MessageBoxIcon messageBeepSound
)

VB.NET

Public Shared Function Show(
    owner As IWin32Window,
    text As String,
    caption As String,
    buttons As DialogResult(),
    icon As Icon,
    defaultButton As Integer,
    messageBeepSound As MessageBoxIcon
) As DialogResult

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
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.
caption	String	A string value that specifies the message box’s caption.
buttons	DialogResult[]	An array of values that specify which buttons to display in the message box.
icon	Icon	The Icon displayed in the message box.
defaultButton	Int32	The zero-based index of the default button.
messageBeepSound	MessageBoxIcon	One of the MessageBoxIcon values that specifies a system-alert level.

Returns

Type	Description
DialogResult	One of the DialogResult values.

Remarks

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.

C#

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();

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.XtraEditors
Imports DevExpress.Utils


If XtraMessageBox.Show("Do you want to close the <b>form</b>?", "Warning", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo, MessageBoxIcon.Warning, DefaultBoolean.True) = DialogResult.Yes Then
    Me.Close()
End If