Display text in a pop-up message box.
Syntax
intButton = MyShellObject.Popup(strText,[nSecondsToWait],[strTitle],[nType])
Arguments
strText : String value containing the text you want to appear
in the pop-up message box.
nSecondsToWait : Maximum length of time to display the pop-up message
box (in seconds, Optional, default=infinite)
strTitle : Title text string, Optional.
nType : Type of buttons and icons (Numeric, Optional)
These determine how the message box is used.
IntButton : Number of the button (Integer value)
This is the value returned when the user OK's the message box.
The meaning of nType is determined by combining values from the 2 tables below:
Button Types
Value Description
0 OK button.
1 OK and Cancel buttons.
2 Abort, Retry, and Ignore buttons.
3 Yes, No, and Cancel buttons.
4 Yes and No buttons.
5 Retry and Cancel buttons.
Icon Types
Value Description
16 "Stop Mark" icon.
32 "Question Mark" icon.
48 "Exclamation Mark" icon.
64 "Information Mark" icon.
Possible values for IntButton the return value:
Value Description
1 OK button
2 Cancel button
3 Abort button
4 Retry button
5 Ignore button
6 Yes button
7 No button
If the user does not click a button before nSecondsToWait
intButton is set to -1.
Example
Set WshShell = Wscript.CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
WshShell.Popup "Click me Quick!",, "My Popup Dialogue box"
"Come quickly, I am tasting stars!" - Dom Perignon, at the moment he discovered champagne
Related commands:
Echo - Wscript.Echo
Equivalent Windows NT command:
ECHO - Display message on screen
