XtraMessageBox.Show(String, String, MessageBoxButtons, MessageBoxIcon, MessageBoxDefaultButton) Method

Displays the XtraMessageBox with the specified text, caption, buttons, icon and default button.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraEditors

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraEditors.v25.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

C#

public static DialogResult Show(
    string text,
    string caption,
    MessageBoxButtons buttons,
    MessageBoxIcon icon,
    MessageBoxDefaultButton defaultButton
)

VB.NET

Public Shared Function Show(
    text As String,
    caption As String,
    buttons As MessageBoxButtons,
    icon As MessageBoxIcon,
    defaultButton As MessageBoxDefaultButton
) As DialogResult

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
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	MessageBoxButtons	A value that specifies which buttons to display in the message box.
icon	MessageBoxIcon	One of the MessageBoxIcon values that specifies which icon to display in the message box.
defaultButton	MessageBoxDefaultButton	One of the MessageBoxDefaultButton values that specifies the default button for the message box.

Returns

Type	Description
DialogResult	One of the DialogResult values.

Remarks

The following code snippet displays an XtraMessageBox with the specified text, caption, buttons, icon, and default button:

const string text = "Do you want to close the form?";
const string caption = "Information";

XtraMessageBox.Show(text, caption, MessageBoxButtons.YesNo, MessageBoxIcon.Exclamation, 1);

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