A message box is a prefabricated modal dialog box that displays a text message to a user.
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What is the best way to display error/warning messages on website app?
I'm creating a website app(ASP.NET, C#) and I just want to know the best way to display error/warning messages. Is it better to do it by MessageBox or thru a Label? Just need some suggestions.

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Where do i find standard system icons of messageboxes via WinApi?
Where do i find standard system icons of messageboxes via WinApi? I want to create an advanced dialogbox (with details-extension) as WinApi resource, but I want to use the system default icons like:
For .NET I know that i'll find them in…

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C# Message Box, variable usage
I have searched but I dont know if I am using the correct verbiage to search for. I am writing a program in C# for my class but I am having trouble with the message box.
I am trying to have the message box show a message and read a variable at the…

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Differences between Application.MessageBox, Windows.MessageBox and Dialogs.MessageDlg in Delphi
In Delphi; what are the differences between Application.MessageBox, Windows.MessageBox or Dialogs.MessageDlg?
Or which is more efficient to use computer memory?

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C# DLL Message Box
Is it possible to have a C# DLL open a message box? Like in a WinForm:
MessageBox.Show("Message");
I relise that DLL's can't be executed directly but what if it were to be injected into a process to be run, then it could show the message box (if…

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Python 3 tkinter message box highlight the "No" button?
I want to create a message box that confirms the intent to delete.
def delete_action(self):
s_id = self.selected_ID_entry.get()
s_name = self.seletedEntry.get()
answer = messagebox.askquestion("Delete?","Are you sure you want to…

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How to make QMessageBox non-modal?
I'm trying to create a non-modal QMessageBox:
QMessageBox msgBox( pParentWindow );
msgBox.setWindowModality(Qt::WindowModal);
msgBox.setIcon( QMessageBox::Warning );
msgBox.setText( headerMsg.c_str() );
QAbstractButton *btnCancel = …

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WinForms message box with textual buttons
Windows 7(?) introduced a new message box feature (I'm not sure what it is called so I've uploaded a picture). How can I create such a box in C# with WinForms?

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Win32 MessageBox doesn't appear
I'm stuck with a strange problem. I'm making a Win32 application in VC++ 2008, making a class to encapsulate most of the work for easy repetition when calling a MessageBox. The message box` is created (I think) but doesn't show up unless I press the…

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C#/WPF, how to make a window (created with Window.ShowDialog()) title bar blink when clicking its parent window (like MessageBox does)?
I'm trying to create a custom MessageBox by using a WPF Window that is called with ShowDialog().
So far, I've managed to implement everything, except for one thing.
As you know, when you use MessageBox.Show("text"); you cannot set the focus or click…

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How to use the result from a Yes/No MessageBox?
I'm trying to make a program which reserves and shows available and unavailable seats for an "event". The errors I'm getting are as follows:
'System.Nullable' does not contain a definition for 'Yes' and no extension method 'Yes' accepting a first…

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tkinter showerror creating blank tk window
I have a program that needs to display graphical error messages to users. It is a tkinter GUI, so I am using tkinter.messagebox.showerror
When I call showerror, it shows the error, but also creates a blank "tk" window, the kind created when an…

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WPF MessageBox looks unstyled, while WindowsForms MessageBox looks good
For some reason, the WPF MessageBox looks worse than the one in WindowsForms. The WPF one doesn't have a visual style.
How can the Windows style be applied to the WPF MessageBox?
WindowsForms
WPF

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Biztalk suspended messages in database
I was wondering if someone knows where I can see the data of a suspended message in the biztalk database.
I need this because about 900 messages have been suspended because of a validation and I need to edit all of them, resuming isn't possible.
I…

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An "About" message box for a GUI with Qt
QMessageBox::about( this, "About Application",
"
Application is a one-paragraph blurb
\n\n" "Copyright 1991-2003 Such-and-such. " "For technical support, call 1234-56789 or see\n" "
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