Displays a message box that has a windowHandle owner, a message, a title bar caption, a buttons selection, an image, a default result and that returns a result.
'Declaration
Public Overloads Shared Function Show( _
ByVal ownerWindowHandle As IntPtr, _
ByVal As String, _
ByVal As String, _
ByVal As MessageBoxButton, _
ByVal As MessageBoxImage, _
ByVal As MessageBoxResult _
) As MessageBoxResult
'Usage
Dim ownerWindowHandle As IntPtr
Dim messageText As String
Dim caption As String
Dim button As MessageBoxButton
Dim icon As MessageBoxImage
Dim defaultResult As MessageBoxResult
Dim value As MessageBoxResult
value = MessageBox.Show(ownerWindowHandle, messageText, caption, button, icon, defaultResult)
Parameters
- ownerWindowHandle
- An IntPtr that specifies the handle of the window that owns this MessageBox.
- messageText
- A string that specifies the text to display.
- caption
- A 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.
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