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

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

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,
    MessageBoxIcon icon
)

VB.NET

Public Shared Function Show(
    owner As IWin32Window,
    text As String,
    caption As String,
    buttons As MessageBoxButtons,
    icon As MessageBoxIcon
) 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.
icon	MessageBoxIcon	One of the MessageBoxIcon values that specifies which icon 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, text, caption, icon, and buttons:

const string text = "Do you want to close the form?";
const string caption = "Information";

XtraMessageBox.Show(this, text, caption, MessageBoxButtons.OKCancel, MessageBoxIcon.Information);

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

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

winforms-scheduler-localizer-translate-ui/CS/SchedulerLocalizerExample/OutlookAppointmentForm.cs#L376

protected internal virtual DialogResult ShowMessageBox(string text, string caption, MessageBoxButtons buttons, MessageBoxIcon icon) {
    return XtraMessageBox.Show(this, text, caption, buttons, icon);
}

winforms-scheduler-custom-appointment-edit-form/CS/SchedulerDbExample/CustomAppointmentForm.cs#L297

protected internal virtual DialogResult ShowMessageBox(string text, string caption, MessageBoxButtons buttons, MessageBoxIcon icon) {
    return XtraMessageBox.Show(this, text, caption, buttons, icon);
}

VB.NET

winforms-scheduler-localizer-translate-ui/VB/SchedulerLocalizationExample_VB/OutlookAppointmentForm.vb#L415

Protected Friend Overridable Function ShowMessageBox(text As String, caption As String, buttons As MessageBoxButtons, icon As MessageBoxIcon) As DialogResult
    Return XtraMessageBox.Show(Me, text, caption, buttons, icon)
End Function

winforms-scheduler-custom-appointment-edit-form/VB/SchedulerDbExample/CustomAppointmentForm.vb#L361

Protected Friend Overridable Function ShowMessageBox(ByVal text As String, ByVal caption As String, ByVal buttons As MessageBoxButtons, ByVal icon As MessageBoxIcon) As DialogResult
    Return XtraMessageBox.Show(Me, text, caption, buttons, icon)
End Function