Creating customizable alert boxes using
VBScript
No, we're not stabbing JavaScript in the back...just
having a little harmless fun in this tutorial. The entertainment?
Customizable alert boxes.
In JavaScript, alert boxes are as simplistic- and dull- as
they come:
alert("Hello there")
Apart from the message itself, nothing is changeable in terms of the
box's interface. Where JavaScript skims through, VBScript dwells on,
however. Alert boxes called using the later language can be customized in
ways that the former can only dream of.
A basic alert box in VBScript is produced using the following code:
From this point on, however, things take on a life of its own, thanks
to the optional parameters the above method supports. Case in
point:
MsgBox "Hello
there",64,"Greetings From WA"
Note the differing icon image to the left of the message, not to
mention the title on top!
The below tables contain the supported values for the second parameter
of MsgBox, which we'll show first, then explain how to use:
'Which buttons" Table:
Constant
Rendered
button(s)
0
"Ok" button
1
"Ok" AND "Cancel"
buttons
2
"Abort", 'Retry",
AND "Ignore" buttons
3
"Yes", 'No", AND
"Cancel" buttons
4
"Yes" AND "No"
button
5
"Retry" AND "Cancel"
button