IBM Lotus Symphony
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Displays a dialog box containing a message and returns a value.
MsgBox (Text As String [,Type As Integer [,Dialogtitle As String]])
Integer
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 name of the respective application is displayed.
Type: Any integer expression that specifies the dialog type and defines the number and type of buttons or icons displayed. Type represents a combination of bit patterns (dialog elements defined by adding the respective values):
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 Point 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.
Return value:
1 : OK
2 : Cancel
3 : Abort
4 : Retry
5 : Ignore
6 : Yes
7 : No
Sub ExampleMsgBox
Dim sVar as Integer
sVar = MsgBox("Las Vegas")
sVar = MsgBox("Las Vegas",1)
sVar = MsgBox( "Las Vegas",256 + 16 + 2,"Dialog title")
end sub