XtraMessageBox.Show(IWin32Window, String) Method

Displays the XtraMessageBox with the specified owner and text.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraEditors

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraEditors.v25.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

C#

public static DialogResult Show(
    IWin32Window owner,
    string text
)

VB.NET

Public Shared Function Show(
    owner As IWin32Window,
    text As String
) 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.

Returns

Type	Description
DialogResult	One of the DialogResult values.

Remarks

The following code snippet displays an XtraMessageBox with the specified owner and text:

const string text = "Hello DevExpress!";

XtraMessageBox.Show(this, text);

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