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MessageBoxShowingEventArgs

Public Class

The event arguments used by the DialogBoxShowing event when a Windows message box is about to be displayed in Revit.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
System.EventArgs
Autodesk.Revit.DB.Events.RevitAPIEventArgs
Autodesk.Revit.DB.Events.RevitAPIPreEventArgs
Autodesk.Revit.UI.Events.DialogBoxShowingEventArgs
Autodesk.Revit.UI.Events.MessageBoxShowingEventArgs

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.UI.Events

Assembly: RevitAPIUI (in RevitAPIUI.dll) Version: 25.0.0.0 (25.0.0.0)

Syntax

public class MessageBoxShowingEventArgs : DialogBoxShowingEventArgs

The MessageBoxShowingEventArgs type exposes the following members.

Properties

Name

Description

Public Property
Cancellable

Indicates whether an event may be cancelled by an event delegate.
(Inherited from RevitAPIEventArgs)

Public Property
DialogId

A unique string identifier for DialogBox and TaskDialog type dialogs in Revit.
(Inherited from DialogBoxShowingEventArgs)

Public Property

DialogType

An integer that describes the standard Windows type of the dialog box.

Public Property
IsValidObject

Specifies whether the .NET object represents a valid Revit entity.
(Inherited from RevitAPIEventArgs)

Public Property

Message

The message that has been displayed in the dialog box.

Methods

Name

Description

Public Method
Cancel

When the event is cancellable, may call the Cancel() method to cancel it.
(Inherited from RevitAPIPreEventArgs)

Public Method

Dispose

(Inherited from RevitAPIEventArgs)

Public Method

Equals

Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object.
(Inherited from Object)

Public Method

GetHashCode

Serves as the default hash function.
(Inherited from Object)

Public Method

GetType

Gets the Type of the current instance.
(Inherited from Object)

Public Method
IsCancelled

Indicates whether the event is being cancelled.
(Inherited from RevitAPIEventArgs)

Public Method
OverrideResult

Call this method to cause the Autodesk Revit dialog to be dismissed with the specified return value.
(Inherited from DialogBoxShowingEventArgs)

Public Method

ToString

Returns a string that represents the current object.
(Inherited from Object)

Remarks

When the application receives this object, a simple message box is about to be displayed in Revit that requires user interaction. The OverrideResult function can be used to cause the dialog to be dismissed and return a desired result code.