XtraMessageBox.Show(String) Method

Displays the XtraMessageBox with the specified text.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraEditors

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraEditors.v25.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

C#

public static DialogResult Show(
    string text
)

VB.NET

Public Shared Function Show(
    text As String
) As DialogResult

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
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

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

Related GitHub Examples

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Note

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C#

winforms-mvvm-best-practices/CS/DelegateCommands/SimpleCommandUserControl.cs#L24

{
    XtraMessageBox.Show("Hello! I'm running!");
});

winforms-richedit-document-api/CS/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/Export.cs#L50

DevExpress.XtraEditors.XtraMessageBox.SmartTextWrap = true;
DevExpress.XtraEditors.XtraMessageBox.Show(plainText);
#endregion #ExportRangeToPlainText

winforms-scheduler-sync-with-ews/CS/EWSSyncExample/ExchangeExampleForm.cs#L43

        synchronizer.ExchangeToScheduler(schedulerControl1.DataStorage.Appointments, apt, true);
    XtraMessageBox.Show("Imported");
}

how-to-save-a-layout-of-layoutcontrol-together-with-its-child-controls-t131174/CS/WindowsApplication3/Serializer.cs#L43

{
    XtraMessageBox.Show(exc.Message);
}

XAF_how-to-add-custom-buttons-actions-to-the-lookup-and-popup-windows/CS/WinSolution.Module.Win/PopupListViewController.cs#L30

void actionInPopup_Execute(object sender, SimpleActionExecuteEventArgs e) {
    XtraMessageBox.Show(string.Format("Hello {0}!", e.CurrentObject));
}

VB.NET

winforms-mvvm-best-practices/VB/DelegateCommands/SimpleCommandUserControl.vb#L21

Dim command As New DelegateCommand(
    Sub() XtraMessageBox.Show("Hello! I'm running!"))
' UI binding for button

winforms-richedit-document-api/VB/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/Export.vb#L44

            DevExpress.XtraEditors.XtraMessageBox.SmartTextWrap = True
            DevExpress.XtraEditors.XtraMessageBox.Show(plainText)
#End Region  ' #ExportRangeToPlainText

winforms-scheduler-sync-with-ews/VB/EWSSyncExample/ExchangeExampleForm.vb#L46

    Next apt
    XtraMessageBox.Show("Imported")
End Sub

how-to-save-a-layout-of-layoutcontrol-together-with-its-child-controls-t131174/VB/WindowsApplication3/Serializer.vb#L40

Catch exc As Exception
    XtraMessageBox.Show(exc.Message)
End Try

XAF_how-to-add-custom-buttons-actions-to-the-lookup-and-popup-windows/VB/WinSolution.Module.Win/PopupListViewController.vb#L31

Private Sub actionInPopup_Execute(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As SimpleActionExecuteEventArgs)
    XtraMessageBox.Show(String.Format("Hello {0}!", e.CurrentObject))
End Sub