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

Displays the XtraMessageBox with the specified settings.

Assembly : DevExpress.XtraEditors.v25.2.dll

NuGet Package : DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

C#
VB.NET

csharp

[Browsable(false)]
[EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
public static DialogResult Show(
    UserLookAndFeel lookAndFeel,
    IWin32Window owner,
    string text,
    string caption,
    MessageBoxButtons buttons,
    MessageBoxIcon icon,
    MessageBoxDefaultButton defaultButton,
    DefaultBoolean allowHtmlText
)

<Browsable(False)>
<EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)>
Public Shared Function Show(
    lookAndFeel As UserLookAndFeel,
    owner As IWin32Window,
    text As String,
    caption As String,
    buttons As MessageBoxButtons,
    icon As MessageBoxIcon,
    defaultButton As MessageBoxDefaultButton,
    allowHtmlText As DefaultBoolean
) 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 the top-level window and owner of a dialog box.

| | text | String |

The text to display in the message box.

| | caption | String |

A string value that specifies the caption of a message box.

| | 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.

| | allowHtmlText | DefaultBoolean |

A value that specifies whether HTML tags can be used to format the text and caption of a message box. See XtraMessageBox.AllowHtmlText to learn more.

Returns

Type	Description
DialogResult

One of the DialogResult values.

Remarks

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