If you program WinForms, you know MsgBox/MessageBox.Show. Buried in the new WinRT namespaces there is a popup that will allow you to have a simple popup:
VB.Net
Dim dialog As New Windows.UI.Popups.MessageDialog(msg)
Await dialog.ShowAsync()
To use this, the function/sub that you call it from will need to be marked “Async”. Example:
VB.Net
Private Async Sub ButtonMultiple_Click(sender As Object, e As RoutedEventArgs) Handles ButtonMultiple.Click
' Show an error if it occurs.
Dim errorMsg As String = ""
Try
TextBlockCalc.Text = _operationStack.Calculate.ToVerticalString
Catch ex As Exception
errorMsg = ex.Message
End Try
If String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(errorMsg) = False Then
Await MsgBox(errorMsg)
End If
End Sub
The one catch is, you can’t call this from inside a Catch/Finally method. In this instance here, I set a string value with the message from the exception and then display it later (this is just for example).