ACC2000: How to Force a New Line in a MsgBox Message

ID: Q209791

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Access 2000

Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.

SUMMARY

If you want to force a new line in a message box, you can include either:

The Visual Basic for Applications Constant for a carriage return and line feed, vbCrLf.

-or-

The character codes for a carriage return and line feed, Chr(10) & Chr(13).

For example, if you had the message

NOTICE: This is an Important Message!

and, you wanted the message to be displayed as

NOTICE:
This is an Important Message!

you would enter the message as a string expression as in either of the following examples.

Example Using the Visual Basic for Applications Constant:


MsgBox "NOTICE:" & vbCrLf & "This is an Important Message!"

Example Using the Character Codes:


MsgBox "NOTICE:" & Chr(10) & Chr(13) & "This is an Important Message!"

You can also use this technique to provide multiple lines in a text box on a form.

REFERENCES

For more information about character codes, click Microsoft Access Help on the Help menu, type "Chr()" in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topics returned.

Additional query words: multiline


Keywords          : kbusage kbdta McrArg 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: May 13, 1999