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

Displays the XtraMessageBox with the specified look and feel settings, text, caption, buttons, icon and default button.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraEditors

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraEditors.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

public static DialogResult Show(
    UserLookAndFeel lookAndFeel,
    IWin32Window owner,
    string text,
    string caption,
    MessageBoxButtons buttons,
    MessageBoxIcon icon,
    MessageBoxDefaultButton defaultButton
)

Parameters

Name Type Description
lookAndFeel UserLookAndFeel

A UserLookAndFeel object whose properties specify the look and feel of the message box.

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.

defaultButton MessageBoxDefaultButton

One of the MessageBoxDefaultButton values that specifies the default button for 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.

WinForms XtraMessageBox

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();
}
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