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XtraMessageBox.Show(IWin32Window, String, String) Method

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XtraMessageBox.Show(IWin32Window, String, String) Method

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

Namespace : DevExpress.XtraEditors

Assembly : DevExpress.XtraEditors.v25.2.dll

NuGet Package : DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

csharp
public static DialogResult Show(
    IWin32Window owner,
    string text,
    string caption
)
vb
Public Shared Function Show(
    owner As IWin32Window,
    text As String,
    caption As String
) As DialogResult

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
ownerIWin32Window

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.

|

Returns

TypeDescription
DialogResult

One of the DialogResult values.

|

Remarks

The following code snippet displays an XtraMessageBox with the specified owner, text, and caption:

csharp
const string text = "Hello DevExpress!";
const string caption = "Information";

XtraMessageBox.Show(this, text, caption);

Default Parameters

ParameterDefault ValueProperty Name
CaptionString.EmptyCaption
ButtonsMessageBoxButtons.OKButtons
DefaultButtonIndex0DefaultButtonIndex
OwnernullOwner
IconMessageBoxIcon.NoneImageOptions

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.

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();
vb
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

The following code snippet (auto-collected from DevExpress Examples) contains a reference to the Show(IWin32Window, String, String) method.

Note

The algorithm used to collect these code examples remains a work in progress. Accordingly, the links and snippets below may produce inaccurate results. If you encounter an issue with code examples below, please use the feedback form on this page to report the issue.

winforms-overlay-form-display-custom-button/CS/Form1.cs#L50

csharp
}
    XtraMessageBox.Show(this, taskResult, "Task Result");
}

winforms-overlay-form-display-custom-button/VB/Form1.vb#L53

vb
XtraMessageBox.Show(Me, taskResult, "Task Result")
End Sub

See Also

XtraMessageBox Class

XtraMessageBox Members

DevExpress.XtraEditors Namespace