@MSGBOX

This function displays a standard Windows message dialog box with the message, title, buttons and icons specified, and returns a value which indicates which button was pressed.

[VDS6] The <icon/button styles> can be specified by adding one style from each of the following types, separated by commas.

[VDS5] The <icon/button styles> must be specified using a single hexadecimal value formed by adding one value selected from each of the following types.

Type	Description	Style	Value
Buttons	OK	OK	(Default)
	OK, Cancel	OKCANCEL	$1
	Yes, No	YESNO	$4
	Yes, No, Cancel	YESNOCANCEL	$3
	Abort, Retry, Ignore	ABORTRETRYIGNORE	$2
	Cancel, Try Again, Continue	CANCELTRYCONTINUE	$6 (Windows 2000, XP only)
	Retry, Cancel	RETRYCANCEL	$5
Icons	Error	ERROR	$10
	Question mark	QUESTION	$20
	Information symbol	INFORMATION	$40
	Exclamation mark	WARNING	$30
Default button	First button		(Default)
	Second button	DEF2	$100
	Third button	DEF3	$200

The return value indicates which button was pressed, according to the following list:

1	OK
2	Cancel
3	Abort
4	Retry
5	Ignore
6	Yes
7	No
10	Try Again
11	Continue

The INFO and WARN commands, and the @ASK and @QUERY functions, offer a simpler way to create common message dialogs.

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