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Dialogs and Message Boxes in VB6

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* The FileOpen method calls VBGetOpenFileName, which calls Windows GetOpenFileName.== Common Dialog Control ==* The FileSaveAs method calls VBGetSaveFileName, which calls Windows GetSaveFileName. * The FilePrint method calls VBPrintDlg, which calls Windows PrintDlg.* The '''FileOpen''' method calls VBGetOpenFileName, which calls Windows GetOpenFileName.* The FilePageSetup method calls VBPageSetupDlg, which calls Windows PageSetupDlg.* The '''FileSaveAs''' method calls VBGetSaveFileName, which calls Windows GetSaveFileName.* The OptionFont method calls VBChooseFont, which calls Windows ChooseFont.* The '''FilePrint''' method calls VBPrintDlg, which calls Windows PrintDlg.* The OptionColor method calls VBChooseColor, which calls Windows ChooseColor.* The '''FilePageSetup''' method calls VBPageSetupDlg, which calls Windows PageSetupDlg.* The '''OptionFont''' method calls VBChooseFont, which calls Windows ChooseFont.* The '''OptionColor''' method calls VBChooseColor, which calls Windows ChooseColor.Pass the result to the LoadFile method. === References ===You may install the Common Dialog ActiveX Component - comdlg32.ocx - in the ToolBox or use the CDCOpenSave.cls file*asterik * - class in S2Album == Message Boxes ==The MsgBox Function displays a message in a dialog box, waits for the user to click a button, and returns an Integer indicating which button the user clicked.  It can be used to provide information or prompt for a user decision.Syntax MsgBox(prompt[, buttons] [, title] [, helpfile, context])Constants* '''vbOKOnly''' 0 Display OK button only.  (default)* '''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 default. * '''vbDefaultButton2''' 256 Second button is default. * '''vbDefaultButton3''' 512 Third button is default. * '''vbDefaultButton4''' 768 Fourth button is 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. * '''vbMsgBoxHelpButton''' 16384 Adds Help button to the message box * '''VbMsgBoxSetForeground''' 65536 Specifies the message box window as the foreground window * '''vbMsgBoxRight''' 524288 Text is right aligned * '''vbMsgBoxRtlReading''' 1048576 Specifies text should appear as right-to-left reading on Hebrew and Arabic systemsReturn Values* '''vbOK''' 1 OK * '''vbCancel''' 2 Cancel * '''vbAbort''' 3 Abort * '''vbRetry''' 4 Retry * '''vbIgnore''' 5 Ignore * '''vbYes''' 6 Yes * '''vbNo''' 7 NoDisplay a popup alert with a message and OK button:  MsgBox "Invalid input!"The OK CANCEL dialog:  iYN = Msg("Click OK to Proceed". vbOkCancel,"Startup Menu")An Alert with YES, NO, and CANCEL (! graphic):  iYN = MsgBox("Click to Test", vbYesNoCancel + vbExclamation, "Test Message")Simple exit program confirm  Private Sub Command1_Click()    Select Case MsgBox("Do you really wish to quit this program?", vbOKCancel + vbQuestion, "Confirmation")      Case vbOK        Unload Me    End Select  End Sub == The Input Box ==An InputBox( ) function will display a message box where the user can enter a value or a message in the form of text.Format:  myMessage=InputBox(Prompt, Title, default_text, x-position, y-position)* 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 key in.* x-position and y-position - the position or the coordinate of the input box.Example userMsg = InputBox("What is your message?", "Message Entry Form", "Enter your messge here", 500, 700) 
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