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MessageBox.Show Method (String, String)

.NET Framework 4

Other Versions

Displays a message box that has a message and title bar caption; and that returns a result.

Namespace: System.Windows
Assembly: PresentationFramework (in PresentationFramework.dll)

Syntax

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public static MessageBoxResult Show(
	string messageBoxText,
	string caption
)

Parameters

messageBoxText: Type: System.String
A String that specifies the text to display.

caption: Type: System.String
A String that specifies the title bar caption to display.

Return Value

Type: System.Windows.MessageBoxResult
A MessageBoxResult value that specifies which message box button is clicked by the user.

Examples

The following example shows how to use this overload of the Show method.

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void showMessageBoxButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) {
  // Configure message box
  string message = "Message text";
  string caption = "Caption text";
  // Show message box
  MessageBoxResult result = MessageBox.Show(message, caption);
}

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Platforms

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

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

MessageBox Class

Show Overload

System.Windows Namespace

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