Excel VBA : Message Box

VBA Message Box

The syntax for VBA message box is as follows :

1. Simple VBA Message Box

Sub Msg1()
MsgBox "Hello Everyone"
End Sub

2. Message Box With Title

Sub Msg2()
'Display message box with title "Introduction"
MsgBox "Hello Everyone", , "Introduction"
End Sub

3. Advanced Message Box [1] - Yes and No Buttons

Sub Msg3()

Dim Popup As Integer

Popup = MsgBox("Are you a lazy guy?", vbYesNo, "User's Attitude")

'If user clicks on Yes button then displays a message

If Popup = vbYes Then

MsgBox "Thank you for answering honsestly!!"

Else

'If user clicks on No button then displays a message

MsgBox "Great!"

End If
End Sub

In VBA message box, ‘buttons’ parameter can have any of the following values:

4. Advanced Message Box [2] - Yes, No and Cancel Buttons

Sub Msg4()
Dim popup As Integer
popup = MsgBox("This is the ""Yes/No/Cancel"" popup dialog box", _
vbYesNoCancel, "Select an Option")
If popup = vbYes Then
MsgBox "You may proceed"
ElseIf popup = vbNo Then
MsgBox "Your application is terminated"
End If
End Sub

5. How to pass a value in message box

Sub Msg5()
MsgBox "Your final score is " & Range("A2").Value
End Sub

6. Multi Line VBA Message Box - Adding a Line Break

Add a vbCrLf to insert a line break in VBA message box.

Sub Macro6()
MsgBox "This is Line #1" & vbCrLf & _
"This is Line #2" & vbCrLf & _
vbCrLf & "There are two lines above this one"
End Sub

Note: _ ( space then an Underscore) is a line continuation character. If a statement is too long to fit on a line, it can be continued with _ ( space then an Underscore).

How to use

Open an Excel Workbook
Press Alt+F11 to open VBA Editor
Go to Insert Menu >> Module
Copy the above code and Paste it into module
Save the file as Macro Enabled Workbook (xlsm) or Excel 97-2003 Workbook (xls)
In the code window, press F5 to run the macro

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3 Responses to "Excel VBA : Message Box"

AnonymousFebruary 7, 2018 at 8:32 AM
Hi

The 'How to pass a value in a message box' code does not work for me.
This is my code. Where would i add this to add to cell A2?

Sub HowManyEmailsConnor()
Dim objOutlook As Object, objnSpace As Object, objFolder As Object
Dim EmailCount As Integer
Set objOutlook = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
Set objnSpace = objOutlook.GetNamespace("MAPI")

On Error Resume Next
Set objFolder = objnSpace.Folders("BCML").Folders("Inbox").Folders("Completed Correspondence").Folders("Connor")
If Err.Number <> 0 Then
Err.Clear
MsgBox "No such folder."
Exit Sub
End If

EmailCount = objFolder.Items.Count
Set objFolder = Nothing
Set objnSpace = Nothing
Set objOutlook = Nothing

MsgBox "Number of emails in the folder: " & EmailCount, , "Connor Completed Emails"

End Sub

Thank you.
Prined boxesJuly 12, 2019 at 12:36 AM
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kanchoblindsideMarch 25, 2020 at 10:22 PM
cant save as a macro0free workbook.

This method is stupid