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XtraMessageBox.Show(IWin32Window, String, String, DefaultBoolean) Method

Displays the XtraMessageBox with the specified settings.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraEditors

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraEditors.v25.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

[Browsable(false)]
[EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
public static DialogResult Show(
    IWin32Window owner,
    string text,
    string caption,
    DefaultBoolean allowHtmlText
)

Parameters

Name Type Description
owner IWin32Window

An object that serves as the top-level window and owner of a dialog box.

text String

The text to display in the message box.

caption String

A string value that specifies the caption of a message box.

allowHtmlText DefaultBoolean

A value that specifies whether HTML tags can be used to format the text and caption of a message box. See XtraMessageBox.AllowHtmlText to learn more.

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.

WinForms XtraMessageBox, DevExpress

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();
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