I am not able to have MessageBox.Show display correctly. The most simple messagebox command will show me the box without displaying the text or button text but a caption and icon are correct. I would appreciate any suggestions.

Why type of application are you trying this in? WinForms or WebForms?

Please post the statement that is obtaining the results you describe.

It's VB.NET.


#Region " Windows Form Designer generated code "


    Public Sub New()
        MyBase.New()

        'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer.
        InitializeComponent()

        'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call

    End Sub

    'Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list.
    Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean)
        If disposing Then
            If Not (components Is Nothing) Then
                components.Dispose()
            End If
        End If
        MyBase.Dispose(disposing)
    End Sub

    'Required by the Windows Form Designer
    Private components As System.ComponentModel.IContainer

    'NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer
    'It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer.
    'Do not modify it using the code editor.
    <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub InitializeComponent()
        '
        'Form1
        '
        Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13)
        Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(292, 273)
        Me.Name = "Form1"

    End Sub

#End Region

    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        MessageBox.Show("My Text", "My Caption", MessageBoxButtons.OKCancel, _
        MessageBoxIcon.Information, MessageBoxDefaultButton.Button1)
    End Sub
End Class

I copied your code to a new project and I had no problem showing everything. Try creating a new project and adding your code to it to see if you get the same thing.

J

I tried a new project and inserted the code as suggested. Still have the same results - a box pops up with 2 blank buttons, no text but Caption and the icon show.

If you are going to show a set of buttons, and you want to take specific action chosen by the specific button clicked, you must receive infromation on which button was clicked. I doubt this is the problem, but often it is helpful to eliminate the obvious... Try

Brian,
Your suggestion did not work either.
Thanks.

It worked for me as well.

Rule number one when some code does not work, try and make it simpler!!

How about using the most basic implementation:

MessageBox.Show("Hello world")

Maybe you have a problem somewhere in your installation of VS.Net. Have you tried uninstalling it and reinstalling it?