XtraMessageBox.Show(String, String, MessageBoxButtons) Method

Displays the XtraMessageBox with the specified text, caption and buttons.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraEditors

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraEditors.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

C#

public static DialogResult Show(
    string text,
    string caption,
    MessageBoxButtons buttons
)

VB.NET

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

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-workspacemanager-saving-load-app-layout/CS/T190543/Form1.cs#L112

this.saveFileDialog1.InitialDirectory = @"C:\Users\Public\Documents\";
if (XtraMessageBox.Show("Capture a new workspace or use an existing one? Click 'Yes' to capture a new workspace or 'No' to save the selected workspace.", "Create new workspace?", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo) == System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.Yes) {
    if (this.saveFileDialog1.ShowDialog() == System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK) {

winforms-scheduler-sync-with-google-calendars/CS/GCSync/Form1.cs#L38

private void GcSyncComponent_ConflictDetected(object sender, ConflictDetectedEventArgs e) {
    XtraMessageBox.Show("Google '" + e.Event.Summary + "' Event conflicts with the Scheduler '" +
        e.Appointment.Subject + "' Appointment." + Environment.NewLine + "Synchronizing by the Google Event.",

winforms-scheduler-synchronize-appointments-with-outlook-365/CS/DXOutlook365Sync/Form1.cs#L44

    UpdateRibbonUI(false);
    XtraMessageBox.Show(String.Format("Initialization of DXOutlook365Sync failed. {0}", e.Exception.Message), "Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK);
} else

VB.NET

winforms-workspacemanager-saving-load-app-layout/VB/T190543/Form1.vb#L100

saveFileDialog1.InitialDirectory = "C:\Users\Public\Documents\"
If XtraMessageBox.Show("Capture a new workspace or use an existing one? Click 'Yes' to capture a new workspace or 'No' to save the selected workspace.", "Create new workspace?", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo) = DialogResult.Yes Then
    If saveFileDialog1.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then

winforms-scheduler-sync-with-google-calendars/VB/GCSync/Form1.vb#L43

Private Sub GcSyncComponent_ConflictDetected(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As ConflictDetectedEventArgs)
    XtraMessageBox.Show("Google '" & e.Event.Summary & "' Event conflicts with the Scheduler '" & e.Appointment.Subject & "' Appointment." & Environment.NewLine & "Synchronizing by the Google Event.", "Conflict detected", MessageBoxButtons.OK)
'uncomment the following line to sync by Scheduler Appointments instead

winforms-scheduler-synchronize-appointments-with-outlook-365/VB/DXOutlook365Sync/Form1.vb#L45

    UpdateRibbonUI(False)
    XtraMessageBox.Show(String.Format("Initialization of DXOutlook365Sync failed. {0}", e.Exception.Message), "Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK)
Else