MsgBox
Display a dialogue box message.
Syntax
MsgBox(prompt [, buttons][, title]
[, helpfile, context])
Key
prompt The dialogue box text.
buttons The sum of the constants for button, icon, default button and modality
title Title bar text
helpfile A helpfile to link to the help button
context Helpfile context number
Constants
Buttons: vbOKOnly (0), vbOKCancel(1), vbAbortRetryIgnore (2), vbYesNoCancel(3)
vbYesNo (4), vbRetryCancel (5)
Icon: vbCritical (16),vbQuestion (32),vbExclamation (48), vbInformation (64)
Default button: vbDefaultButton1 (0),vbDefaultButton2 (256),vbDefaultButton3 (512),vbDefaultButton4(768)
Modality: vbApplicationModal, vbSystemModal
The MsgBox function will return one of the following:
1 = OK was clicked (vbOK)
2 = Cancel was clicked (vbCancel )
3 = Abort was clicked (vbAbort)
4 = Retry was clicked (vbRetry)
5 = Ignore was clicked (vbIgnore)
6 = Yes was clicked (vbYes)
7 = No was clicked (vbNo)
Examples
'Display a message:
result=Msgbox("Are you sure?",vbYesNo, "")
WScript.Echo result
