Each of my ASP.NET pages currently has VB.NET code to change the text and display properties of a Label control, to display a message if an error occurs when any of the functions or routines fail. However, ideally it would be useful to have a generic error message popup displayed, with the option of inputting text via an argument.
If the site were in VB6, I'd be using the MsgBox function, since you can adjust the text displayed and change the type of message displayed (i.e. vbExclamation). The MsgBox can be called with minimal coding. But web pages will not support Windows.Forms
So another method here might be to use the ModalPopupExtender to display an error message using a Panel control if an error occurs, and to adjust the message content and icon depending on the type of error. But the problem here is that a Panel will need to be defined in each and every aspx page.
Ideally I want a public function (with an input argument or two) that will display a ...
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