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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">MsgBox Function [Runtime]</title>
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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153379"><bookmark_value>MsgBox function</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153379" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03010102.xhp" name="MsgBox Function [Runtime]">MsgBox Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145171" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Displays a dialog box containing a message and returns a value.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156281" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154685" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">MsgBox (Text As String [,Type As Integer [,Dialogtitle As String]])</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153771" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Return value:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146985" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">Integer</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153363" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">Parameter:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153727" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">
<emph>Text</emph>: String expression displayed as a message in the dialog box. Line breaks can be inserted with Chr$(13).</paragraph>
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<emph>DialogTitle</emph>: String expression displayed in the title bar of the dialog. If omitted, the name of the respective application is displayed.</paragraph>
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<emph>Type</emph>: Any integer expression that specifies the dialog type and defines the number and type of buttons or icons displayed. <emph>Type</emph> represents a combination of bit patterns (dialog elements defined by adding the respective values):</paragraph>
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<emph>Values</emph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147397" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">0 : Display OK button only.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145646" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">1 : Display OK and Cancel buttons.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149410" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="14">2 : Display Abort, Retry, and Ignore buttons.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151075" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">3 : Display Yes, No, and Cancel buttons.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153878" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">4 : Display Yes and No buttons.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155601" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">5 : Display Retry and Cancel buttons.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150716" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">16 : Add the Stop icon to the dialog.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153837" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19">32 : Add the Question icon to the dialog.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150751" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">48 : Add the Exclamation Point icon to the dialog.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146915" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21">64 : Add the Information icon to the dialog.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145640" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">128 : First button in the dialog as default button.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153765" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="23">256 : Second button in the dialog as default button.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153715" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="24">512 : Third button in the dialog as default button.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159267" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25">
<emph>Return value:</emph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145230" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="26">1 : OK</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149567" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="27">2 : Cancel</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id4056825" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">3 : Abort</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155335" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="28">4 : Retry</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146918" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="29">5 : Ignore</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155961" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="30">6 : Yes</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148488" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="31">7 : No</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150090" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="40">Example:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154120" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="41">Sub ExampleMsgBox</paragraph>
<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3145131" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="42">Dim sVar as Integer</paragraph>
<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3151278" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="43">sVar = MsgBox("Las Vegas")</paragraph>
<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3149034" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="44">sVar = MsgBox("Las Vegas",1)</paragraph>
<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3166424" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="45">sVar = MsgBox( "Las Vegas",256 + 16 + 2,"Dialog title")</paragraph>
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