Tuesday, 14 February 2017

What is the difference between Inputbox and MessageBox in VB?

InputBox(): The InputBox() function is used to take the input from the user at run time.

The general Syntex is:  InputBox(prompt,title,default,xpos, ypos, helpfile, context)
Arguments:
  • Prompt: The message in the dialog box.
  • Title: The title-bar of the dialog box.
  • Default: String to be displayed in the text box on loading.
  • Xpos: The distance from the left side of the screen to the left side of the dialog.
  • Ypos: The distance from the top of the screen to the top of the dialog box.
  • Helpfile: The Help file to use if the user clicks the Help button on the dialog box.
  • Context: The context number to use within the Help file specified in helpfile.


MsgBox():Displays a dialog box containing a message, buttons, and optional icon to the user. The action taken by the user is returned by the function as an integer value.
Syntax: MsgBox(prompt, buttons, title, helpfile, context)
Arguments:

  • Prompt: The text of the message to display in the message box dialog.
  • Buttons: The sum of the Button, Icon, Default Button, and Modality constant values.
  • Title: The title displayed in the Title-bar of the message box dialog.
  • Helpfile: An expression specifying the name of the help file to provide help functionality for the dialog.
  • Context: An expression specifying a context ID within helpfile.

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