VBScript in a Nutshell

Name

MsgBox Function

Syntax

MsgBox(prompt[, buttons][, title][, helpfile, context])

prompt

Use: Required

Data Subtype: String

The text of the message to display in the message box dialog.

buttons

Use: Optional

Data Subtype: Numeric

The sum of the Button, Icon, Default Button, and Modality constant values.

title

Use: Optional

Data Subtype: String

The title displayed in the titlebar of the message box dialog.

helpfile

Use: Optional

Data Subtype: String

An expression specifying the name of the help file to provide help functionality for the dialog.

context

Use: Optional

Data Subtype: Numeric

An expression specifying a context ID within helpfile.

Return Value

A Variant of subtype Integer indicating the button clicked by the user.

Description

Displays a dialog box containing a message, buttons, and optional icon to the user. The action taken by the user is returned by the function as an integer value.

Rules at a Glance

• prompt can contain approximately 1,000 characters, including carriage return characters such as the built-in vbCrLf constant.

• In order to divide prompt onto multiple lines, you can use any of the vbCr, vbLf, vbCrLf, or vbNewLine constants. For example:

  SMsg = "This is line 1" & vbCrLf & _
  "This is line 2"

• If the title parameter is omitted, the text of title depends on the type of script being executed, as the following table shows:

  Script Type	Caption
  ASP script	not applicable
  IE script	“VBScript”
  Outlook form	“VBScript”
  WSH script	“VBScript”

• If the helpfile parameter is provided, ...