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FIGURE 41.2
This dialog box is displayed by VBA’s InputBox function.
The MsgBox function
VBA’s MsgBox function is a handy way to display information and to solicit simple input from users. I use
VBA’s MsgBox function in many of this book’s examples to display a variable’s value. A simplified version of
the MsgBox syntax is as follows:
MsgBox(prompt[,buttons][,title])
The elements are defined as follows:
n prompt: Text that is displayed in the message box. (Required)
n buttons: The code for the buttons that are to appear in the message box. (Optional)
n title: Text that appears in the message box’s title bar. (Optional)
You can use the MsgBox function by itself or assign its result to a variable. If you use it by itself, don’t
include parentheses around the arguments. The following example displays a message and does not return
a result:
Sub MsgBoxDemo()
MsgBox “Click OK to continue”
End Sub
Figure 41.3 shows how this message box appears.
FIGURE 41.3
A simple message box, displayed with VBA’s MsgBox function.
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