XtraMessageBox.Show(UserLookAndFeel, IWin32Window, String) Method

Displays the XtraMessageBox with the specified look and feel settings, owner and text.

Assembly : DevExpress.XtraEditors.v25.2.dll

NuGet Package : DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

C#
VB.NET

csharp

public static DialogResult Show(
    UserLookAndFeel lookAndFeel,
    IWin32Window owner,
    string text
)

Public Shared Function Show(
    lookAndFeel As UserLookAndFeel,
    owner As IWin32Window,
    text As String
) As DialogResult

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.

Returns

Type	Description
DialogResult

One of the DialogResult values.

Remarks

The following code snippet displays an XtraMessageBox using the WXI skin, regardless of the application’s current skin.

csharp

const string text = "Hello DevExpress!";
var lookAndFeel = new UserLookAndFeel(this) { SkinName = "WXI", UseDefaultLookAndFeel = false };

XtraMessageBox.Show(lookAndFeel, this, text);

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#
VB.NET

csharp

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();

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