Are the results being displayed in a grid or something? If so, I'd rethink the MessageBox design and maybe go for more of a "No records were found" display in the grid. I put a MessageBox on one of the grids when there were no results and hated it.

>Hi
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>I want to display a message when there are not results from a stored procedure
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>I thought I could use
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>MessageBox.Show
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>but I get this error
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>System.InvalidOperationException was unhandled by user code
> Message="Showing a modal dialog box or form when the application is not running in UserInteractive mode is not a valid operation. Specify the ServiceNotification or DefaultDesktopOnly style to display a notification from a service application."
> Source="System.Windows.Forms"
> StackTrace:
> at System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.ShowCore(IWin32Window owner, String text, String caption, MessageBoxButtons buttons, MessageBoxIcon icon, MessageBoxDefaultButton defaultButton, MessageBoxOptions options, Boolean showHelp)
> at System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(String text)
> at validation.export2.btnExportCSV0_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) in D:\development\PsdGraphs\exportData.aspx.vb:line 113
> at System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
> at System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument)
> at System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.System.Web.UI.IPostBackEventHandler.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument)
> at System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(IPostBackEventHandler sourceControl, String eventArgument)
> at System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(NameValueCollection postData)
> at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint)
> InnerException:
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>so how can i display this message
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>Thanks