VsShellUtilities.ShowMessageBox Method

Displays a message box with the specified message.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.12.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.12.0.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Function ShowMessageBox ( _
    serviceProvider As IServiceProvider, _
    message As String, _
    title As String, _
    icon As OLEMSGICON, _
    msgButton As OLEMSGBUTTON, _
    defaultButton As OLEMSGDEFBUTTON _
) As Integer

public static int ShowMessageBox(
    IServiceProvider serviceProvider,
    string message,
    string title,
    OLEMSGICON icon,
    OLEMSGBUTTON msgButton,
    OLEMSGDEFBUTTON defaultButton
)

public:
static int ShowMessageBox(
    IServiceProvider^ serviceProvider, 
    String^ message, 
    String^ title, 
    OLEMSGICON icon, 
    OLEMSGBUTTON msgButton, 
    OLEMSGDEFBUTTON defaultButton
)

static member ShowMessageBox : 
        serviceProvider:IServiceProvider * 
        message:string * 
        title:string * 
        icon:OLEMSGICON * 
        msgButton:OLEMSGBUTTON * 
        defaultButton:OLEMSGDEFBUTTON -> int

public static function ShowMessageBox(
    serviceProvider : IServiceProvider, 
    message : String, 
    title : String, 
    icon : OLEMSGICON, 
    msgButton : OLEMSGBUTTON, 
    defaultButton : OLEMSGDEFBUTTON
) : int

Parameters

• serviceProvider
  Type: IServiceProvider

  IServiceProvider.

• message
  Type: String

  The message to display.

• title
  Type: String

  The title of the message box.

• icon
  Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.OLEMSGICON

  The OLEMSGICON value that specifies the type of message.

• msgButton
  Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.OLEMSGBUTTON

  The OLEMSGBUTTON value that specifies the set of buttons to display.

• defaultButton
  Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.OLEMSGDEFBUTTON

  The OLEMSGDEFBUTTON value that specifies which button is to be the default button.

Return Value

Type: Int32
OK = 1, Cancel = 2, Abort = 3, Retry = 4, Ignore = 5, Yes = 6, No = 7 depending on what button is pressed.

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

VsShellUtilities Class

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell Namespace