"MSGBOX" has just died.

[Mackeral]

I was working on code to use MSGBOX for communicating with my users when I suddenly got an error message that said "Your text is too long".
Now it's just a tiny window.

I've spent a lot of time working with MSGBOX, and to have Microsoft just throw that out just feels like a gut punch. And If Microsoft had just left it alone,
it would still have worked with just a bigger window.

Mac

 

[Trebor76]

Hi Mac,

Try the Windows Script Host (refer here) as it can hold much more data than a MsgBox. The syntax is different though.

Regards,

Robert

 

[RoryA]

That doesn't sound like a Microsoft error to me. Msgbox simply truncates the message if the text is too long.

 

[Mackeral]

I was debugging my MsgBox code, and I got an error message that my text was too long to display.

This morning, Msgbox seems to be back working the old way now.

 

[Mackeral]

No,I am wrong. THe rest of the arguments have been dropped so Msgbox doesn't work the way it did yesterday. It doesn't accept any argument but the "PRompt".

 

[RoryA]

MsgBox (like most vba) has not changed in decades.

What code are you trying to use and what is happening?

 

[Joe4]

Posting your actual VBA code would be very helpful. It is tough to comment on code if we cannot see it.
Also, are you doing this on Windows or Mac (since you have both listed)?

 

[RoryA]

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[Joe4]

Hmmm...
Not sure why you posted a new question elsewhere instead of answering our questions...