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MessageBoxButtons Enumeration
Visual Studio 2010
Specifies constants defining which buttons to display on a MessageBox.
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
| Member name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| OK | The message box contains an OK button. | |
| OKCancel | The message box contains OK and Cancel buttons. | |
| AbortRetryIgnore | The message box contains Abort, Retry, and Ignore buttons. | |
| YesNoCancel | The message box contains Yes, No, and Cancel buttons. | |
| YesNo | The message box contains Yes and No buttons. | |
| RetryCancel | The 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) { // If the no button was pressed ... if ((MessageBox::Show( "Are you sure that you would like to close the form?", "Form Closing", MessageBoxButtons::YesNo, MessageBoxIcon::Question) == DialogResult::No)) { // cancel the closure of the form. e->Cancel = true; } }
Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, 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.
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