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MsgBoxStyle Enumeration

When you call the MsgBox function, you can use the MsgBoxStyle enumeration in your code in place of the actual values.

MsgBoxStyle Enumeration Members

The Buttons argument takes the following MsgBoxStyle enumeration members:

Member Constant Description
OKOnly vbOKOnly OK button only (default).
OKCancel vbOKCancel OK and Cancel buttons.
AbortRetryIgnore vbAbortRetryIgnore Abort, Retry, and Ignore buttons.
YesNoCancel vbYesNoCancel Yes, No, and Cancel buttons.
YesNo vbYesNo Yes and No buttons.
RetryCancel vbRetryCancel Retry and Cancel buttons.
Critical vbCritical Critical message.
Question vbQuestion Warning query.
Exclamation vbExclamation Warning message.
Information vbInformation Information message.
DefaultButton1 vbDefaultButton1 First button is default (default).
DefaultButton2 vbDefaultButton2 Second button is default.
DefaultButton3 vbDefaultButton3 Third button is default.
ApplicationModal vbApplicationModal Application modal message box (default).
SystemModal vbSystemModal System modal message box.
MsgBoxSetForeground vbMsgBoxSetForeground Foreground message box window.
MsgBoxRight vbMsgBoxRight Right-aligned text.
MsgBoxRtlReading vbMsgBoxRtlReading Right-to-left reading text (Hebrew and Arabic systems).
MsgBoxHelp vbMsgBoxHelp Help text.

See Also

Intrinsic Constants and Enumerations | MsgBoxResult Enumeration | MsgBox Function