Error notifications

Error notifications inform users that a particular action will not be performed and inform the user if they need to take any action in order to make it work.

Error message box

Message boxes are the oldest way to present error messages to the user. Whenever there are any issues in the data entered by users, we can notify them by just popping the dialog box. This can be modal or modeless, depending on the area of the application the message is about. This can also have different icons, such as X for error message and ! for information messages. We have seen them and used them, and if they appear we are not surprised.

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