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@MSGBOX
Syntax
@MSGBOX(<message>, <title>, <icon/button styles>)Description
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.
OK
Unchanged.
Example
IF @EQUAL(@MSGBOX(Cannot read from drive A:,Backup,RETRYCANCEL,WARNING),2)
STOP
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