h1(#wxmessagedialog). Wx::MessageDialog

This class represents a dialog that shows a single or multi-line message,
with a choice of OK, Yes, No and Cancel buttons.

h2. Derived from

"Dialog":dialog.html

"Window":window.html

"EvtHandler":evthandler.html

"Object":object.html

h2. See also

"MessageDialog overview":messagedialogoverview.html

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h2. Methods

* "MessageDialog.new":#MessageDialog_new
* "MessageDialog#show_modal":#MessageDialog_showmodal

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h3(#MessageDialog_new). MessageDialog.new

  *MessageDialog.new*(%(arg-type)"Window":window.html% parent,  %(arg-type)String% message, 
                    %(arg-type)String% caption = "Message box", 
                    %(arg-type)Integer% style = OK CANCEL, 
                    %(arg-type)"Point":point.html% pos = DEFAULT_POSITION)

Constructor. Use "MessageDialog#show_modal":messagedialog.html#MessageDialog_showmodal to show the dialog.

h4. Parameters

* _parent_ Parent window.
* _message_ Message to show on the dialog.
* _caption_ The dialog caption.
* _style_ A dialog style (bitlist) containing flags chosen from the following:



|*OK*|Show an OK button.|
|*CANCEL*|Show a Cancel button.|
|*YES_NO*|Show Yes and No buttons.|
|*YES_DEFAULT*|Used with *YES_NO*, makes *Yes* button the default - which is the default behaviour.|
|*NO_DEFAULT*|Used with *YES_NO*, makes *No* button the default.|
|*ICON_EXCLAMATION*|Shows an exclamation mark icon.|
|*ICON_HAND*|Shows an error icon.|
|*ICON_ERROR*|Shows an error icon - the same as ICON_HAND.|
|*ICON_QUESTION*|Shows a question mark icon.|
|*ICON_INFORMATION*|Shows an information (i) icon.|
|*STAY_ON_TOP*|The message box stays on top of all other window, even those of the other applications (Windows only).|


* _pos_ Dialog position. Not Windows.

  *destructor*()

Destructor.

h3(#MessageDialog_showmodal). MessageDialog#show_modal

 Integer *show_modal*()

Shows the dialog, returning one of ID_OK, ID_CANCEL, ID_YES, ID_NO.