XL: How to Enter a Second Line in a Message Box

ID: Q124213

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c
Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.0a
Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

In a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure), to display more than one line of text in a message box, use the line feed character (character code 13) as in the following sample code.

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Sample Visual Basic Procedure

1. Type the following macro into a new module sheet:

      Sub Test()
          MsgBox prompt:="Line1" & Chr(13) & "Line2"
      End Sub

2. Run the "Test" macro.

A message box appears with the following text:

   Line1
   Line2

REFERENCES

For additional information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q163435
   TITLE     : VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for
               Applications

Additional query words: 5.00 7.00 97 XL97 XL7 XL5

Keywords          : kbprg kbdta kbdtacode PgmOthr PgmHowto KbVBA 
Version           : WINDOWS:5.0,5.0c,7.0,7.0a,97; MACINTOSH:5.0,98
Platform          : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: May 17, 1999