Message Box Styles (Windows CE 5.0)

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The following tables show the styles that are supported by Windows CE.

Button style Description
MB_ABORTRETRYIGNORE Specifies that the message box contains three buttons: Abort, Retry, and Ignore.
MB_DEFBUTTON1 Specifies that the first button is the default button. The first button is always the default unless you specify MB_DEFBUTTON2.
MB_DEFBUTTON2 Specifies that the second button is the default button.
MB_DEFBUTTON3 Specifies that the third button is the default button.
MB_OK Specifies that the message box contains one button: OK.
MB_OKCANCEL Specifies that the message box contains two buttons: OK and Cancel.
MB_RETRYCANCEL Specifies that the message box contains two buttons: Retry and Cancel.
MB_YESNO Specifies that that the message box contains two buttons: Yes and No.
MB_YESNOCANCEL Specifies that the message box contains three buttons: Yes, No, and Cancel.
Icon style Description
MB_ICONASTERISK
MB_ICONINFORMATION
Includes an icon consisting of a lowercase letter "i" in a circle in the message box.
MB_ICONERROR
MB_ICONHAND
MB_ICONSTOP
Includes a stop-sign icon in the message box.
MB_ICONEXCLAMATION
MB_ICONWARNING
Includes an exclamation-point icon in the message box.
MB_ICONQUESTION Includes a question-mark icon in the message box.
Window style Description
MB_APPLMODAL Specifies that the user must respond to the message box before continuing work in the window that is identified by the hWnd parameter. However, the user can move to the windows of other applications and work in those windows.

Depending on the hierarchy of windows in the application, the user might be able to move to other windows within the application. All child windows of the message box's parent window are automatically disabled, but pop-up windows are not.

MB_APPLMODAL is the default value.
Windows CE does not support either MB_SYSTEMMODAL or MB_TASKMODAL.

MB_SETFOREGROUND Specifies that the message box becomes the foreground window.
MB_TOPMOST Creates the message box with the WS_EX_TOPMOST window style.

See Also

Window and Message Box Styles | Control Styles

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