C# Winforms Message Box Properties

Question

in C# winforms when we display a message box it has no title in the title bar and no title in its button that is in the task bar.

What if i want to set title and icon for a message box.

one option is that create a form that appears and behaves like a message box and i show and hide it when i want. yes that can be done but i want to modify the "MessageBox"

Answer 1

Use a MessageBox.Show overload such as:

public static DialogResult Show(
    string text,
    string caption,
    MessageBoxButtons buttons,
    MessageBoxIcon icon
)

passing your title bar text in caption and your icon in icon e.g.

MessageBox.Show("Oh noes!", "My Application", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);

Answer 2

There is an overloaded version of show message box that will accept a title string and let you specify the icon and number/type of buttons.

Answer 3

The MessageBox.Show method has a bunch of overrides that allow you to set the properties of the pop-up.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.messagebox.show%28VS.71%29.aspx