Buttons and Icons in the MsgBox Function
Constant Value Description
vbOKOnly 0 Displays OK button only.
vbOKCancel 1 Displays OK and Cancel buttons.
vbAbortRetryIgnore 2 Displays Abort, Retry, and Ignore buttons.
vbYesNoCancel 3 Displays Yes, No, and Cancel buttons.
vbYesNo 4 Displays Yes and No buttons.
vbRetryCancel 5 Displays Retry and Cancel buttons.
vbCritical 16 Displays Critical Message icon.
vbQuestion 32 Displays Warning Query icon.
vbExclamation 48 Displays Warning Message icon.
vbInformation 64 Displays Information Message icon.
vbDefaultButton1 0 First button is default.
vbDefaultButton2 256 Second button is default.
vbDefaultButton3 512 Third button is default.
vbDefaultButton4 768 Fourth button is default.
vbApplicationModal 0 Application modal; the user must respond to the message box before continuing work in the current application.
vbSystemModal 4096 System modal; all applications are suspended until the user responds to the message box.
vbMsgBoxHelpButton 16384 Add Help button to the message box.
VbMsgBoxSetForeground 65536 Specify the message box window as the foreground window.
vbMsgBoxRight 524288 Text is right aligned.
vbMsgBoxRtlReading 1048576 Specify that text should appear as right-to-left reading on Hebrew and Arabic systems.
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| 2. | A single statement splits over four lines. | | |
| 3. | The MsgBox buttons argument's settings | | |
| 4. | MsgBox "Welcome to VBA", vbYesNoCancel, "VBA Message Box" | | |
| 5. | Add the Information icon | | |
| 6. | Use Chr() function to format MsgBox | | |
| 7. | Use & to link messages | | |
| 8. | Pass single parameter to MsgBox | | |
| 9. | Keep the message box visible while the user works with other open applications | | |
| 10. | Set default button for MsgBox | | |
| 11. | Using the MsgBox Function with Arguments | | |
| 12. | MsgBox with three parameters | | |
| 13. | Call MsgBox function by using its parameter name | | |
| 14. | MsgBox with parameter Name: title:=myTitle, prompt:=question, buttons:=myButtons, helpfile:= "HelpX.hlp",context:=55 | | |
| 15. | Returning Values from the MsgBox Function | | |
| 16. | Save the return value from MsgBox to a variable | | |
| 17. | Each of the available buttons will produce an integer result. | | |
| 18. | Check MsgBox result | | |
| 19. | determines which button was pressed. | | |
| 20. | Using the Select Case Statement to check the MsgBox button clicked | | |
| 21. | MsgBox's third parameter is the message box's title. Its fourth and fifth parameters are the Help file and context ID | | |
| 22. | The message box displays Yes, No, and Cancel buttons | | |
| 23. | After you have placed the return value into a variable, you can easily introduce logic into your program to respond to the user's selection | | |
| 24. | Ok To Overwrite | | |
| 25. | Getting a response from a message box with Select Case | | |
| 26. | use the MsgBox function result without using a variable | | |
| 27. | Specifying a Title for a Message Box | | |
| 28. | Adding a Help Button to a Message Box: use the vbMsgBoxHelpButton constant | | |
| 29. | Specifying a Help File for a Message Box | | |