Excel Vba Msgbox

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MsgBox Function

Syntax

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

The MsgBox function syntax has these named arguments:

Part | Description |

prompt | Required. String expression displayed as the message in the dialog box. The maximum length of prompt is approximately 1024 characters, depending on the width of the characters used. If prompt consists of more than one line, you can separate the lines using a carriage return character (Chr(13)), a linefeed character (Chr(10)), or carriage return - linefeed character combination (Chr(13) & Chr(10)) between each line. |

buttons | Optional. Numeric expression that is the sum of values specifying the number and type of buttons to display, the icon style to use, the identity of the default button, and the modality of the message box. If omitted, the default value for buttons is 0. |

title | Optional. String expression displayed in the title bar of the dialog box. If you omit title, the application name is placed in the title bar. |

helpfile | Optional. String expression that identifies the Help file to use to provide context-sensitive Help for the dialog box. If helpfile is provided, context must also be provided. |

context | Optional. Numeric expression that is the Help context number assigned to the appropriate Help topic by the Help author. If context is provided, helpfile must also be provided. |

Settings

The buttons argument settings are:

Constant | Value | Description |

vbOKOnly | 0 | Display OK button only. |

vbOKCancel | 1 | Display OK and Cancel buttons. |

vbAbortRetryIgnore | 2 | Display Abort, Retry, and Ignore buttons. |

vbYesNoCancel | 3 | Display Yes, No, and Cancel buttons. |

vbYesNo | 4 | Display Yes and No buttons. |

vbRetryCancel | 5 | Display Retry and Cancel buttons. |

vbCritical | 16 | Display Critical Message icon. |

vbQuestion | 32 | Display Warning Query icon. |

vbExclamation | 48 | Display Warning Message icon. |

vbInformation | 64 | Display...