MsgBox

Description

Displays a message in a dialog box and waits for the user to choose a button

Syntax

ret = MsgBox (MsgString, type, TitleString)

Parameters
ret Integer, output
  Indicates which button the user pressed.
  1,2,3,4,6,7 = OK, Cancel, Abort, Retry, Yes, No
   
MsgString String, input
  This is the message displayed in the dialog box.
   
type Integer, input
  Indicates the number and type of buttons, and other attributes of the dialog box. The value is the sum of the following numbers, one from each group.
  Group 1 – Number and type of Buttons
  0 = OK
  1 = OK/Cancel
  2 = Abort/Retry/Ignore
  3 = Yes/No/Cancel
  4 = Yes/No
  5 = Retry/Cancel
  Group 2 – Type of Icon
  16 = Stop icon
  32 = Question mark icon
  48 = Exclamation mark icon
  64 = Information mark icon
  Group 3 – Button Default
  0 = 1st button is default
  256 = 2nd button is default
  512 = 3rd button is default
  Group 4 – Type of Dialog Box
  0 = Application modal
  4096 = System modal
   
TitleString String, input
  The text string that appears as the title of the dialog box.

 

Remarks

The MsgBox function returns a value indicating which button the user has chosen. Refer to the Microsoft VBScript documentation for additional information.

This is a VBScript function.

Example

Sub ZMain()
TitleString="PASSPORT Macro"
MsgBox "Do you want to Continue?",4,TitleString
End Sub