INPUTBOX |
INPUTBOX(prompt [,title] [,default] [,xpos] [,ypos] [,helpfile, context]) |
Displays a dialog box allowing the user to enter some information (String). |
prompt | The message to be displayed (String). |
title | (Optional) The title to display at the top of the dialog box (String). |
default | (Optional) The default response if no other input is provided (String). |
xpos | (Optional) The horizontal distance of the left edge from the left edge of the screen (Integer). |
ypos | (Optional) The vertical distance of the top edge from the top edge of the screen (Integer). |
helpfile | (Optional) The help file to use to provide context-sensitive Help (String). |
context | (Optional) The context number assigned to the appropriate help topic (Integer). |
REMARKS |
* For more information, refer to the Msgbox & InputBox > InputBox page. * This functions always returns a string. * If "title" is left blank, then the application name is used. * If "default" is left blank, then the textbox is displayed empty. * If "xpos" is left blank, the dialog box is centred horizontally. * If "ypos" is left blank, the dialog box is centred vertically. * If "helpfile" is provided, then "context" must also be provided. * If "context" is provided, then "helpfile" must also be provided. * When both helpfile and context are provided, the user can press F1 to view the Help topic corresponding to the context. * The "prompt" can contain a maximum of approximately 1024 characters depending on the width of the characters. * The "prompt" can contan text on more than one line. You can separate the lines with a carriage return vbCrLf or Chr(13) & Chr(10). * If the user presses OK or Enter, then whatever is in the text box will be returned. * If the Cancel button is pressed, then a zero length string ("") is returned. * To omit some positional arguments you must include the corresponding comma delimiters. * You can use the MSGBOX function for displaying messages and asking simple questions. * The equivalent .NET function is Microsoft.VisualBasic.Interaction.InputBox * For the Microsoft documentation refer to learn.microsoft.com |
InputBox "enter details"
Call InputBox("enter details")
Dim sReturn As String
sReturn = InputBox("InputBox Text", "InputBox Title")
sReturn = InputBox("Please enter the website URL", "Website URL", "https://bettersolutions.com")
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