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

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

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

Namespace : DevExpress.XtraEditors

Assembly : DevExpress.XtraEditors.v25.2.dll

NuGet Package : DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

csharp
public static DialogResult Show(
    UserLookAndFeel lookAndFeel,
    IWin32Window owner,
    string text,
    string caption,
    MessageBoxButtons buttons,
    MessageBoxIcon icon
)
vb
Public Shared Function Show(
    lookAndFeel As UserLookAndFeel,
    owner As IWin32Window,
    text As String,
    caption As String,
    buttons As MessageBoxButtons,
    icon As MessageBoxIcon
) As DialogResult

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
lookAndFeelUserLookAndFeel

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.

| | 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

TypeDescription
DialogResult

One of the DialogResult values.

|

Remarks

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(UserLookAndFeel, IWin32Window, String, String, MessageBoxButtons, MessageBoxIcon) method.

Note

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winforms-dashboard-custom-items-extension/CS/CustomItemExtension/CustomItems/Heatmap/HeatmapOptionsControl.cs#L172

csharp
if(!allowChanges && ((percents && percentScale.HasChanges) || (!percents && absoluteScale.HasChanges))) {
    if(XtraMessageBox.Show(LookAndFeel, this, DashboardWinLocalizer.GetString(DashboardWinStringId.MapLayerOptionsResetCustomScale),
        DashboardWinLocalizer.GetString(DashboardWinStringId.MessageBoxWarningTitle), MessageBoxButtons.YesNo, MessageBoxIcon.Warning) == DialogResult.No) {

winforms-dashboard-custom-items-extension/VB/CustomItemExtension/CustomItems/Heatmap/HeatmapOptionsControl.vb#L187

vb
If Not allowChanges AndAlso ((percents AndAlso percentScale.HasChanges) OrElse (Not percents AndAlso absoluteScale.HasChanges)) Then
    If XtraMessageBox.Show(LookAndFeel, Me, DashboardWinLocalizer.GetString(DashboardWinStringId.MapLayerOptionsResetCustomScale), DashboardWinLocalizer.GetString(DashboardWinStringId.MessageBoxWarningTitle), MessageBoxButtons.YesNo, MessageBoxIcon.Warning) = DialogResult.No Then
        allowChanges = True

See Also

XtraMessageBox Class

XtraMessageBox Members

DevExpress.XtraEditors Namespace