IBM Lotus Symphony


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.

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)

End sub


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