MsgBox Instruction/Function

Syntax              MsgBox Message$[, Type][, Title$]
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MsgBox(Message$[, Type][, Title$])

Group                User Input

Description       Show a message box titled Title$. Type controls what the message box looks like (choose one value from each category). Use MsgBox( ) if you need to know what button was pressed. The result indicates which button was pressed.

vbOK                   1 OK button

vbCancel             2 Cancel button

vbAbort               3 Abort button

vbRetry               4 Retry button

vbIgnore             5 Ignore button

vbYes                  6 Yes button

Message$            This string value is the text that is shown in the message box.

Type                    This numeric value controls the type of message box. Choose one value from each of the following tables.

vbOkOnly            0 OK button

vbOkCancel         1 OK and Cancel buttons

vbAbortRetryIgnore                        2 Abort, Retry, Ignore buttons

vbYesNoCancel    3 Yes, No, Cancel buttons

vbYesNo              4 Yes and No buttons

                           0 No icon

vbCritical             16 Stop icon

vbQuestion          32 Question icon

vbExclamation     48 Attention icon

vbDefaultButton1                            0 First button

vbDefaultButton2 256 Second button

vbApplicationModal                         0 Application modal

vbSystemModal   4096 System modal

Example            '#Language "WWB-COM"
Sub Main
    MsgBox "Please press OK button"
    If MsgBox("Please press OK button",vbOkCancel) = vbOK Then
        Debug.Print "OK was pressed"
    Else
    Debug.Print "Cancel was pressed"
    End If
EndSub