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MessageBoxButtons Enumeration

Specifies constants defining which buttons to display on a MessageBox.

Namespace:  System.Windows.Forms
Assembly:  System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
public enum MessageBoxButtons
Member nameDescription
OKThe message box contains an OK button.
OKCancelThe message box contains OK and Cancel buttons.
AbortRetryIgnoreThe message box contains Abort, Retry, and Ignore buttons.
YesNoCancelThe message box contains Yes, No, and Cancel buttons.
YesNoThe message box contains Yes and No buttons.
RetryCancelThe message box contains Retry and Cancel buttons.

This enumeration is used by the MessageBox class.

The following code example shows how to use a MessageBox to give the user an opportunity to prevent a form from closing. This example requires that the method is called from the FormClosing event of the form.

private void Form1_FormClosing(object sender, FormClosingEventArgs e)
{
    const string message =
        "Are you sure that you would like to close the form?";
    const string caption = "Form Closing";
    var result = MessageBox.Show(message, caption,
                                 MessageBoxButtons.YesNo,
                                 MessageBoxIcon.Question);

    // If the no button was pressed ... 
    if (result == DialogResult.No)
    {
        // cancel the closure of the form.
        e.Cancel = true;
    }
}

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

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

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