ShowViewStrategyBase.ShowMessage(String, InformationType, Int32, InformationPosition) Method

Shows a Text Notification.

Namespace: DevExpress.ExpressApp

Assembly: DevExpress.ExpressApp.v23.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.ExpressApp

Declaration

C#

public void ShowMessage(
    string message,
    InformationType type = InformationType.Success,
    int displayInterval = 3000,
    InformationPosition position = InformationPosition.Bottom
)

VB.NET

Public Sub ShowMessage(
    message As String,
    type As InformationType = InformationType.Success,
    displayInterval As Integer = 3000,
    position As InformationPosition = InformationPosition.Bottom
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
message	String	A notification message.

Optional Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Description
type	InformationType	Success	An InformationType value that determines the type of the notification.
displayInterval	Int32	3000	An integer that specifies the duration of notification display in milliseconds.
position	InformationPosition	Bottom	An InformationPosition value that determines the position of the notification window in an ASP.NET Web Forms application. In Windows Forms and ASP.NET Core Blazor applications, this parameter is ignored.

Remarks

Depending on the platform, the ShowMessage method displays text notifications in different ways:

ASP.NET Core Blazor

A custom Alert component.

Windows Forms

A Toast Notification.

ASP.NET Web Forms

A dxToast widget displayed at the specified position.

Tip

We recommend that you use the ShowMessage(MessageOptions) method, because it provides more configuration options.