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

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

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraEditors

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraEditors.v25.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

C#

public static DialogResult Show(
    IWin32Window owner,
    string text,
    string caption,
    MessageBoxButtons buttons
)

VB.NET

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

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