Integer constants specifying the type of buttons and icon to be displayed in a MsgBox dialog. If nothing is given, it displays the "OK" button message box with the Exclamation (warning) icon. The icon constants are used also with the MsgBeep procedure to sound one of the system pre-defined sounds. Besides message box types and Icons, you can also specify message-box modality as well as message-box default buttons.
One of the following values:
|
Name |
Value |
Description |
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aMsgOk |
0* |
Display OK button only. |
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aMsgOkCancel |
1 |
Display OK and Cancel buttons. |
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aMsgAbortRetryIgnore |
2 |
Display Abort, Retry, and Ignore buttons. |
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aMsgYesNoCancel |
3 |
Display Yes, No, and Cancel buttons. |
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aMsgYesNo |
4 |
Display Yes and No buttons. |
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aMsgRetryCancel |
5 |
Display Retry and Cancel buttons. |
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aMsgAbort |
6 |
Abort |
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aMsgAbortPause |
7 |
Abort, Pause |
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aMsgAbortIgnorePause |
8 |
Abort, Ignore, Pause |
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aMsgAbortRetryIgnorePause |
9 |
Abort, Retry, Ignore, Pause |
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aMsgClose |
10 |
Close |
Combined with one of the following icon constants:
|
Name |
Value |
Description |
|
aMsgIconHand |
0x10 |
Hand (stop) icon |
|
aMsgIconQuestion |
0x20 |
Question icon |
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aMsgIconExclamation |
0x30* |
Exclamation (warning) icon |
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aMsgIconAsterisk |
0x40 |
Asterisk (information) icon |
|
aMsgIconNoDefault |
0x50 |
No Default icon |
Message-box Default Buttons:
|
Name |
Value |
Description |
|
aMsgDefaultButton1 |
0x000 |
Default button 1 |
|
aMsgDefaultButton2 |
0x100 |
Default button 2 |
|
aMsgDefaultButton3 |
0x200 |
Default button 3 |
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aMsgDefaultButton4 |
0x300 |
Default button 4 |
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aMsgDefaultButton5 |
0x400 |
Default button 5 |
Message-Box Modality:
The default modality would be the user must respond to the message box before continuing work in the current window. However, the user can move to the windows of other applications and work in those windows. Or you can choose one of the following (Version 5 or newer):
|
Name |
Value |
Description |
|
aMsgSystemModal |
0x1000 |
System modal, Same as aMsgTaskModal, however, window will show on top of all other applications windows. |
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aMsgTaskModal |
0x2000 |
Task modal, user must close this window before attending any other window that belong to this application. This is the default behavior of MsgBox. |