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

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

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraEditors

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraEditors.v24.2.dll

Declaration

C#

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

VB.NET

Public Shared Function Show(
    lookAndFeel As UserLookAndFeel,
    text As String,
    caption As String,
    buttons As MessageBoxButtons,
    icon As MessageBoxIcon
) As DialogResult

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
lookAndFeel	UserLookAndFeel	A UserLookAndFeel object whose properties specify the look and feel of the message box.
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 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.

C#

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();
}

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.XtraEditors
Imports DevExpress.Utils

Private Sub simpleButton1_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
    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
End Sub