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MessageBox::Show Method (String^)

 

Displays a message box with specified text.

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

public:
static DialogResult Show(
	String^ text
)

Parameters

text
Type: System::String^

The text to display in the message box.

Return Value

Type: System.Windows.Forms::DialogResult

One of the DialogResult values.

By default, the message box displays an OK button. The message box does not contain a caption in the title.

The following code example displays a simple message box.

No code example is currently available or this language may not be supported.

UIPermission

for safe subwindows to set this property. Associated enumeration: UIPermissionWindow::SafeSubWindows

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
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