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    The document discusses using message boxes and input boxes in Visual Basic to display messages and get user input, explaining how to use the MessageBox class and Show method to display different types of message boxes with options for buttons, icons, and capturing return values, as well as how to use the InputBox function to pop up a text input box and capture the user's response. Examples are provided of calling MessageBox.Show and InputBox to demonstrate displaying various message boxes and input boxes.

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    Message Box and Input Box

    MessageBox Class
    • .NET has introduced a class called MessageBox which
    encapsulates all the features of MsgBox.
    • The difference between MsgBox and MessageBox is that
    Msgbox is a function while MessageBox is a class.
    • The MessageBox class has various overloaded Show
    methods for different parameters.
    • From a practical standpoint, both the MsgBox function and
    the MessageBox class will accomplish the same thing.
    • The arguments for MessageBox are specified in a slightly
    different order from MsgBox.
    • MessageBox.Show Method
    • To show the message box we need to call the Show
    method of the MessageBox class, for example:
    -MessageBox.Show("Hello World!")
    Displaying Message Boxes
    • Use Message box to
    – Display message
    – Get response
    • Message Box class
    – Member of System.Windows.Forms namespace
    – Single method named Show
    • Creates instance of MessageBox
    • Makes it visible
    Displaying Message Boxes (Contd..)
    • Show() method arguments
    – Message to display
    • Can string literal or variable

    – Caption to display

    – Buttons to display

    – Type of icon to show


    Example
    1. ' display a message
    2. MessageBox.Show(“Hello Again”)
    3. 'display a message and a caption
    4. MessageBox.Show(“Hello Again”, “MessageBox
    Demo”)
    5. 'display message, caption, Yes/No/Cancel buttons
    6. MessageBox.Show(“Hello Again”, “MessageBox
    Demo”, MessageBoxButtons.YesNoCancel)
    7. 'display message, caption, Yes/No/Cancel buttons,
    and Icon
    8. MessageBox.Show(“Hello Again”, “MessageBox
    Demo”, MessageBoxButtons.YesNoCancel,
    MessageBoxIcon.Information)

    Message Box with Message and Caption


    • Button combinations
    – Automatically displayed by IntelliSense
    • After you type class name MessageBoxButtons
    – Select specific buttons to be displayed from list
    • Icons
    – Displayed by IntelliSense when typing
    MessageBoxIcon
    Button Combination
    Message Box icon Choices
    Show()
    • show() method return value

    – Data type DialogResult

    – Compare to specific values using If statement


    Dialog Result Values
    • The Show method has various overloaded
    forms.
    • syntax
    – [DialogResult = ] MessageBox.Show([window ,]
    - prompt
    – [, caption]
    – [, MessageBoxButtons]
    – [, MessageBoxIcon]
    – [, MessageBoxDefaultButton]
    Syntax

    • MessageBox.Show("Cancel Button Pressed",


    "MessageBox Title",MessageBoxButtons.OK ,
    MessageBoxIcon.Exclamation)
    • Window : The window that the message
    box will display in front of (for example,
    you could specify "Me" to refer to the
    current form). This argument is typically
    omitted.
    • Prompt : The text to display in the
    message box. This is the only required
    argument
    • Caption : The text to display in the title bar
    of the message box. If omitted, the project
    name will be displayed.
    Message Box Icon Specifies which icon to display on
    the message box. Possible values
    are:
    Value Icon
    MessageBoxIcon.Error
    - or -
    MessageBoxIcon.Hand
    - or -
    MessageBoxIcon.Stop

    MessageBoxIcon.Question

    MessageBoxIcon.Exclamatio
    n
    - or -
    MessageBoxIcon.Warning

    MessageBoxIcon.Asterisk
    - or -
    MessageBoxIcon.Informatio
    n
    (none)
    MessageBoxIcon.None
    Value Description
    DialogResult.OK The OK button was pressed
    DialogResult.Cancel The Cancel button was pressed
    DialogResult.Abort The Abort button was pressed
    DialogResult.Retry The Retry button was pressed
    DialogResult.Ignore The Ignore button was pressed
    DialogResult.Yes The Yes button was pressed
    DialogResult.No The No button was pressed
    DialogResult.None Nothing is returned from the dialog
    box. This means that the modal dialog
    continues running.
    Input Box
    • Usually, a text box is used to obtain input
    described by a label. Sometimes we want just
    one piece of input and would rather not have
    a text box and label stay on the screen forever.
    The problem can be solved with an input box,
    which is an input form automatically created
    by VB for you.
    InputBox( ) function
    • An InputBox( ) function will display a message box where the user
    can enter a value or a message in the form of text.
    • Syntax
    – myMessage=InputBox(Prompt, Title, default_text, x-position, y-
    position)
    • myMessage is a string type but which accept the message input by
    the users. The arguments are explained as follows:
    • Prompt - The message displayed normally as a question asked.
    • Title - The title of the Input Box.
    • default-text - The default text that appears in the input field where
    users can use it as his intended input or he may change to the
    message he wish to enter.
    • x-position and y-position - the position or the coordinates of the
    input box.
    Input Box Example
    • Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As
    System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
    Handles Button7.Click
    • Dim r As String
    • r = InputBox("hi", "demo", "fun", 50, 70)
    • End Sub

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