Wednesday, May 31, 2017

messagebox - What properly goes into the "caption" of a message box?


By convention, what is the best practice for the text that goes into the "caption" field of a text box?


The "caption" field is the text that shows up in the title bar:


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I have experimented with various things such as the application name, "Error", "Invalid Operation" and the like, but have never come up with anything that is wholly satisfying that I could use consistently.


Is there a "best practice" for this?




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