Displays a message box that has a window owner, a message, a title bar caption, a buttons selection, an image, a default result, a style and that returns a result.
'Declaration
Public Overloads Shared Function Show( _
ByVal As Window, _
ByVal As String, _
ByVal As String, _
ByVal As MessageBoxButton, _
ByVal As MessageBoxImage, _
ByVal As MessageBoxResult, _
ByVal As Style _
) As MessageBoxResult
'Usage
Dim owner As Window
Dim messageText As String
Dim caption As String
Dim button As MessageBoxButton
Dim icon As MessageBoxImage
Dim defaultResult As MessageBoxResult
Dim messageBoxStyle As Style
Dim value As MessageBoxResult
value = MessageBox.Show(owner, messageText, caption, button, icon, defaultResult, messageBoxStyle)
Parameters
- owner
- A System.Windows.Window that represents the owner of the MessageBox.
- messageText
- A string representing the text to display.
- caption
- A System.String that specifies the title bar caption to display.
- button
- A System.Windows.MessageBoxButton value that specifies which button or buttons to display.
- icon
- A System.Windows.MessageBoxImage value that specifies the icon to display.
- defaultResult
- A System.Windows.MessageBoxResult value that specifies the default result of the MessageBox.
- messageBoxStyle
- A Style representing the style that will be applied to the MessageBox.
Return Value
A MessageBoxResult value that specifies which message box button is clicked by the user.
Target Platforms: Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2