Frequent Use of VBScript Confirm Box

In an user friendly internet applications, one of the most used feature is prompts. Since Java script doesnot offer much flexibility, most of us turn to VB Script. Here the crux of wat we look normally for prompts.


retVal = makeMsgBox("Hi","how are you?",32,1,256,4096);


You can change the numbers to create alerts, confirms or any type of popup using the numbers / arguments below.

The alert and confirm boxes take 4 arguments

Argument one : The Icon 0 = none
16 = X
32 = ?
48 = !
64 = i

Argument two : The buttons 0 = OK # standard alert
1 = OK CANCEL
2 = ABORT RETRY IGNORE
3 = YES NO CANCEL
4 = YES NO
5 = RETRY CANCEL

Argument three : 0 = First
In your popup, which 256 = Second
button should be selected 512 = Thrid
by default?

Argument four : 0 = Browser stalls
The system command will 4096 = All apps stall
stall either the browser
or the whole system until
the user responds
(either submits or cancels)


A value is returned
depending on which button
was pressed. So you could say

if(retVal == 3){do this}
else {do this}

Here are the return values OK = 1
Cancel = 2
Abort = 3
Retry = 4
Ignore = 5
Yes = 6
No = 7