VBScript in a Nutshell

Message Box Constants

Except for vbMsgBoxHelpButton, any one of the following constants can be used with the buttons parameters of the MsgBox function to determine which buttons appear in the dialog. The vbMsgBoxHelpButton constant can be logically ORed with the button constant to add a Help button to provide context-sensitive help; this, however, also requires that arguments be supplied to the function’s helpfile and context parameters.

Constant	Value	Description
vbAbortRetryIgnore	2	Abort, Retry, and Ignore buttons
vbMsgBoxHelpButton	16384	Help button
vbOKCancel	1	OK and Cancel buttons
vbOKOnly	0	OK button; this is the default value.
vbRetryCancel	5	Retry and Cancel buttons
vbYesNo	4	Yes and No buttons
vbYesNoCancel	3	Yes, No, and Cancel buttons

You can determine which of these buttons is the default (that is, it appears selected and will be chosen if the user presses the Enter key) by logically ORing any one of the following constants with any other constants passed to the buttons parameter. The selected button is designated by its position on the dialog. By default, the first button appears selected.

Constant	Value	Description
vbDefaultButton1	0	First button is the default
vbDefaultButton2	256	Second button is the default
vbDefaultButton3	512	Third button is the default
vbDefaultButton4	768	Fourth (Help) button is the default

The MsgBox function also allows you to designate an icon that appears in the message box to ...