Sub test5()Ĭhoose whichever method you prefer and stick with it - the differences with them are technical and almost never matter, especially with simple message box pop-up windows. If your message is a bit wordy, add an underscore ( _ )and you can continue the message on a new line in the code window to reduce the amount of horizonal scrolling to see the complete text of the message.

Where CrLf stands for: carriage return line feed. MsgBox 'Hi!' & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & 'This is a message box' MsgBox 'Hi!' & vbNewLine & vbNewLine & 'This is a message box' Here is another sample with two new lines, which makes a new blank line appear between the two parts of the message. Also, note that you have to use double quotes and an ampersand (&) before you can input the vbNewLine text and then you need to do the same thing again in order to input the rest of the message.Īdding as many lines as needed is really easy. This is what actually adds the new line to the code. MsgBox 'Hi!' & vbNewLine & 'This is a message box' This macro adds a new line in the message box: Sub test2() This outputs a simple popup message box window when run. The most basic MsgBox code in Excel vba is like this: Sub test()

The character codes for a carriage return and line feed, Chr (13) & Chr (10). This allows you to do the same thing as hitting the 'enter' key when writing a message to go to a new line. If you want to force a new line in a message box, you can include one of the following: The Visual Basic for Applications constant for a carriage return and line feed, vbCrLf. I'll show you how to create a message box popup window in Excel that contains text on multiple lines.

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