The following constants are used with the MsgBox function to identify what buttons and icons appear on a message box and which button is the default. In addition, the modality of the MsgBox can be specified. These constants can be used anywhere in your code in place of actual values:
| Constant | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| vbOKOnly | 0 | Display OK button only. |
| vbOKCancel | 1 | Display OK and Cancel buttons. |
| vbAbortRetryIgnore | 2 | Display Abort, Retry, and Ignore buttons. |
| vbYesNoCancel | 3 | Display Yes, No, and Cancel buttons. |
| vbYesNo | 4 | Display Yes and No buttons. |
| vbRetryCancel | 5 | Display Retry and Cancel buttons. |
| vbCritical | 16 | Display Critical Message icon. |
| vbQuestion | 32 | Display Warning Query icon. |
| vbExclamation | 48 | Display Warning Message icon. |
| vbInformation | 64 | Display Information Message icon. |
| vbDefaultButton1 | 0 | First button is the default. |
| vbDefaultButton2 | 256 | Second button is the default. |
| vbDefaultButton3 | 512 | Third button is the default. |
| vbDefaultButton4 | 768 | Fourth button is the default. |
| vbApplicationModal | 0 | Application modal. The user must respond to the message box before continuing work in the current application. |
| vbSystemModal | 4096 | System modal. All applications are suspended until the user responds to the message box. |
The following constants are used with the MsgBox function to identify which button a user has selected. These constants can be used anywhere in your code in place of actual values:
| Constant | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| vbOK | 1 | OK button was clicked. |
| vbCancel | 2 | Cancel button was clicked. |
| vbAbort | 3 | Abort button was clicked. |
| vbRetry | 4 | Retry button was clicked. |
| vbIgnore | 5 | Ignore button was clicked. |
| vbYes | 6 | Yes button was clicked. |
| vbNo | 7 | No button was clicked. |