Alert box in VBScript ??

[Damian]

Is there a way to do a message box or alert box using VBScript in ASP or do
i need to use a Javascript alert("xyz...") ?
Thanks in advance

[Bryan Martin]

Use the Msgbox function.

Msgbox "This is my message!", vbcritical,"Message Box"

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[adpx]

Damian,

The VBScript analog of the JavaScriptp alert() is MsgBox. Eg:

<script language="VBScript">
MsgBox "Hello, world"
</script>

That said, your reference to ASP makes the whole thing suspect: one
generally doesn't display dialogs on the ASP side of things. Also, since
only IE supports VBScript on the client-side, JavaScript is a more portable
bet.

--A

[zac dna]

Thanks adpx, i was wondering because i find i am wanting to write error messages to the user if things are not correct, i have been using javascript alert() which works fine, i was more wondering about the possibility of using vbscript, but your point of avoiding vbscript for client side scripting is well taken, thanx

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[Michael Harris]

alert isn't a javascript function. It's a browser DOM method - actually window.alert().

So you can use it from client side VBScript as:

alert "hello world"
window.alert "hello world"
call alert("hello world")
call window.alert("hello world")

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[zac dna]

thanx Michael, i didn't actually realise you could access the DOM with VBScript, i thought that was only for access by javascript...