XtraMessageBox.Show(String, String) Method

Displays the XtraMessageBox with the specified text and caption.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraEditors

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraEditors.v24.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public static DialogResult Show(
    string text,
    string caption
)

VB.NET

Public Shared Function Show(
    text As String,
    caption As String
) 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.

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.

C#

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();
}

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.XtraEditors
Imports DevExpress.Utils

Private Sub simpleButton1_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
    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
End Sub

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

winforms-mvvm-best-practices/CS/CustomServices/CustomServiceUserControl.cs#L50

public void DoSomething() {
    XtraMessageBox.Show("Hi!", text ?? "CustomService");
}

VB.NET

winforms-mvvm-best-practices/VB/CustomServices/CustomServiceUserControl.vb#L49

Public Sub DoSomething() Implements ICustomService.DoSomething
    XtraMessageBox.Show("Hi!", If(text, "CustomService"))
End Sub