/text/sbasic/shared/03010101.xhp Sun Microsystems, Inc. converted from old format - fpe dedr: fixed #i30425#

MsgBox statement MsgBox Statement [Runtime] 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: 0 : Display OK button only. 1 : Display OK and Cancel buttons. 2 : Display Abort, Retry, and Ignore buttons. 3 : Display Yes, No and Cancel buttons. 4 : Display Yes and No buttons. 5 : Display Retry and Cancel buttons. 16 : Add the Stop icon to the dialog. 32 : Add the Question icon to the dialog. 48 : Add the Exclamation icon to the dialog. 64 : Add the Information icon to the dialog. 128 : First button in the dialog as default button. 256 : Second button in the dialog as default button. 512 : Third button in the dialog as default button. 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) End sub