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MessageBox control displays a message with specified text. A message box may have some additional
options including a caption, icon, and help buttons. In this article, I will discuss how to use the
MessageBox class to display messages in Windows Forms and C#.
MessageBox class has an overloaded static Show method that is used to display a message. Here are
most of the forms of MessageBox.
Simple Message Box
The simplest form of a MessageBox is a dialog with a text and OK button. The following code snippet
creates a simple MessageBox.
string message = "Simple MessageBox";
MessageBox.Show(message);
MessageBox with Title
The following code snippet creates a simple MessageBox with a title.
string message = "Simple MessageBox";
string title = "Title";
MessageBox.Show(message, title);
MessageBox with Buttons
A MessageBox can have different kinds of button combination such as YesNo or OKCancel. The
MessageBoxButtons enumeration represents the buttons to be displayed on a MessageBox and has
following values.
OK
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OKCancel
AbortRetryIgnore
YesNoCancel
YesNo
RetryCancel
The following code snippet creates a MessageBox with a title and Yes and No buttons. This is a typical
MessageBox you may call when you want to close an application. If Yes button is clicked, the application
will be closed. The Show method returns a DialogResult enumeration.
string message = "Do you want to close this window?";
string title = "Close Window";
MessageBoxButtons buttons = MessageBoxButtons.YesNo;
DialogResult result = MessageBox.Show(message, title, buttons);
if (result == DialogResult.Yes)
{
this.Close();
}
else
{
// Do something
}
MessageBox with Icon
A MessageBox can display an icon on the dialog. A MessageBoxIcons enumeration represents an icon to
be displayed on a MessageBox and has following values.
None
Hand
Question
Exclamation
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Asterisk
Stop
Error
Warning
Information
The following code snippet creates a MessageBox with a title, buttons, and an icon.
string message = "Do you want to abort this operation?";
string title = "Close Window";
MessageBoxButtons buttons = MessageBoxButtons.AbortRetryIgnore;
DialogResult result = MessageBox.Show(message, title, buttons, MessageBoxIcon.Warning);
if (result == DialogResult.Abort)
{
this.Close();
}
else if (result == DialogResult.Retry)
{
// Do nothing
}
else
{
// Do something
}
MessageBox with Default Button
We can also set the default button on a MessageBox. By default, the first button is the default button.
The MessageBoxDefaultButton enumeration is used for this purpose and it has following three values.
Button1
Button2
Button3
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The following code snippet creates a MessageBox with a title, buttons, and an icon and sets second
button as a default button.
string message = "Do you want to abort this operation?";
string title = "Close Window";
MessageBoxButtons buttons = MessageBoxButtons.AbortRetryIgnore;
DialogResult result = MessageBox.Show(message, title, buttons,
MessageBoxIcon.Warning, MessageBoxDefaultButton.Button2);
if (result == DialogResult.Abort)
{
this.Close();
}
else if (result == DialogResult.Retry)
{
// Do nothing
}
else
{
// Do something
}
MessageBox with Message Options
MessageBoxOptions enumeration represents various options and has following values.
ServiceNotification
DefaultDesktopOnly
RightAlign
RtlReading
The following code snippet creates a MessageBox with various options.
DialogResult result = MessageBox.Show(message, title, buttons,
MessageBoxIcon.Warning, MessageBoxDefaultButton.Button2,
MessageBoxOptions.RightAlign|MessageBoxOptions.RtlReading);
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MessageBox with Help Button
A MessageBox can have an extra button called Help button. This is useful when we need to display a
help file. The following code snippet creates a MessageBox with a Help button.
DialogResult result = MessageBox.Show(message, title, buttons,
MessageBoxIcon.Warning, MessageBoxDefaultButton.Button2,
MessageBoxOptions.RightAlign, true );
We can also specify a help file when the Help button is clicked. The following code snippet references a
help file.
DialogResult result = MessageBox.Show(message, title,
buttons, MessageBoxIcon.Question,
MessageBoxDefaultButton.Button1, 0, "helpfile.chm");
