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  00020 Let VALUE= MSGBOX( "Record not Found", "Error", "OK", "ERR")
  00020 Let VALUE= MSGBOX( "Record not Found", "Error", "OK", "ERR")
  00030 Let MSGBOX( "End of Data", "NOTE")
  00030 Let MSGBOX( "End of Data", "NOTE")
;Complete Example:
00010  dim prompt$*200
00020  let prompt$="Are the labels aligned correctly?"
00030  let title$="Check Printer"
00040  let Buttons$="Yn"
00050  let ICON$="QST"
00060  Let boxanswer=MSGBOX(PROMPT$, TITLE$, BUTTONS$, ICON$)
00070  if boxanswer><2 then goto ALIGN


====Acceptable values for BUTTONS$====
====Acceptable values for BUTTONS$====

Revision as of 19:20, 29 October 2013

The MsgBox Internal Function will display a Windows Message Box. It has four possible parameters:

  • PROMPT$
  • TITLE$
  • BUTTONS$
  • ICON$

PROMPT$ is the only required parameter. It is a string which is to be displayed within the message box.

TITLE$ is a string containing the title of the message box.

BUTTONS$ indicates which buttons will be displayed in the message box. If you don't specify a button configuration the OK button is displayed.The value of the button the user selects is returned to BR in CNT (see below).

ICON$ indicates what ICON, if any, will be displayed. If you don't specify a title, a blank title bar is displayed.

Examples

00010 Let MSGBOX( PROMPT$, TITLE$, BUTTONS$, ICON$)
00020 Let VALUE= MSGBOX( "Record not Found", "Error", "OK", "ERR")
00030 Let MSGBOX( "End of Data", "NOTE")
Complete Example
00010   dim prompt$*200
00020   let prompt$="Are the labels aligned correctly?"
00030   let title$="Check Printer"
00040   let Buttons$="Yn"
00050   let ICON$="QST"
00060   Let boxanswer=MSGBOX(PROMPT$, TITLE$, BUTTONS$, ICON$)
00070   if boxanswer><2 then goto ALIGN

Acceptable values for BUTTONS$

OK Displays OK button (default)
YN Displays Yes and No buttons
OKC Displays OK and Cancel buttons
YNC Displays Yes, No and Cancel buttons


Acceptable values for ICON$

INF Displays (i) Information icon
ERR Displays Error Icon (e.g. stop sign)
EXCL Displays Exclamation Point
QST Displays a Question Mark


All Buttons$ and Icon$ values are case insensitive except that if "Yn" or "Ync" is specified then the Yes button becomes the default button and if "yN" or "yNc" is specified then the No button is displayed as the default button (will be selected by the Enter key). The case of the "c" has no bearing on default button focus, and "YN" or "yn" are ambiguous with respect to default button focus.

Returned Values

Possible return values are:

0 An error occurred such as not enough memory. (quite rare)
1 The OK button was selected.
2 The YES button was selected.
3 The NO button was selected.
4 The CANCEL button was selected, or ESC was pressed. (The ESC key has no affect when the Cancel button is not displayed.)

To force a new line in the text of a message box insert a CHR$(13) or HEX$("0D0A"), carriage return,in the text at the point where the word wrap should occur. If no line is forced Windows will determine a wrap point based on the width of the monitor.