MsgBox Statement

Displays a dialog box containing a message.

Syntax:


MsgBox Text As String [,Type As Integer [,Dialogtitle As String]] (As Statement) or MsgBox (Text As String [,Type As Integer [,Dialogtitle As String]]) (As Function)

Parameter:

Text: String expression displayed as a message in the dialog box. Line breaks can be inserted with Chr$(13).

DialogTitle: String expression displayed in the title bar of the dialog. If omitted, the title bar displays the name of the respective application.

Type: Any integer expression that specifies the dialog type, as well as the number and type of buttons to display, and the icon type. Type represents a combination of bit patterns, that is, a combination of elements can be defined by adding their respective values:

Named constant	Integer value	Definition
MB_OK	0	Display OK button only.
MB_OKCANCEL	1	Display OK and Cancel buttons.
MB_ABORTRETRYCANCEL	2	Display Abort, Retry, and Ignore buttons.
MB_YESNOCANCEL	3	Display Yes, No, and Cancel buttons.
MB_YESNO	4	Display Yes and No buttons.
MB_RETRYCANCEL	5	Display Retry and Cancel buttons.
MB_ICONSTOP	16	Add the Stop icon to the dialog.
MB_ICONQUESTION	32	Add the Question icon to the dialog.
MB_ICONEXCLAMATION	48	Add the Exclamation Point icon to the dialog.
MB_ICONINFORMATION	64	Add the Information icon to the dialog.
	128	First button in the dialog as default button.
MB_DEFBUTTON2	256	Second button in the dialog as default button.
MB_DEFBUTTON3	512	Third button in the dialog as default button.

Error codes:

5 Invalid procedure call

Example:


Sub ExampleMsgBox
 Const sText1 = "An unexpected error occurred."
 Const sText2 = "The program execution will continue, however."
 Const sText3 = "Error"
 MsgBox(sText1 + Chr(13) + sText2,16,sText3)
 MsgBox(sText1 + Chr(13) + sText2, MB_ICONSTOP, sText3)
End Sub