MsgBox constants
The following constants can be used anywhere in your code in place of the actual values.
MsgBox arguments
| Constant | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| vbOKOnly | 0 | OK button only (default) |
| vbOKCancel | 1 | OK and Cancel buttons |
| vbAbortRetryIgnore | 2 | Abort, Retry, and Ignore buttons |
| vbYesNoCancel | 3 | Yes, No, and Cancel buttons |
| vbYesNo | 4 | Yes and No buttons |
| vbRetryCancel | 5 | Retry and Cancel buttons |
| vbCritical | 16 | Critical message |
| vbQuestion | 32 | Warning query |
| vbExclamation | 48 | Warning message |
| vbInformation | 64 | Information message |
| vbDefaultButton1 | 0 | First button is default (default) |
| vbDefaultButton2 | 256 | Second button is default |
| vbDefaultButton3 | 512 | Third button is default |
| vbDefaultButton4 | 768 | Fourth button is default |
| vbApplicationModal | 0 | Application modal message box (default) |
| vbSystemModal | 4096 | System modal message box |
| vbMsgBoxHelpButton | 16384 | Adds Help button to the message box |
| VbMsgBoxSetForeground | 65536 | Specifies the message box window as the foreground window |
| vbMsgBoxRight | 524288 | Text is right aligned |
| vbMsgBoxRtlReading | 1048576 | Specifies text should appear as right-to-left reading on Hebrew and Arabic systems |
MsgBox return values
| Constant | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| vbOK | 1 | OK button pressed |
| vbCancel | 2 | Cancel button pressed |
| vbAbort | 3 | Abort button pressed |
| vbRetry | 4 | Retry button pressed |
| vbIgnore | 5 | Ignore button pressed |
| vbYes | 6 | Yes button pressed |
| vbNo | 7 | No button pressed |
See also
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