Reference/MessageBox

MessageBox

mb_option_list messagebox_text [/SD return] [return_check jumpto] [return_check_2 jumpto_2]

Displays a MessageBox containing the text "messagebox_text". mb_option_list must be one or more of the following, delimited by |s (e.g. MB_YESNO|MB_ICONSTOP).

• MB_OK - Display with an OK button
• MB_OKCANCEL - Display with an OK and a cancel button
• MB_ABORTRETRYIGNORE - Display with abort, retry, ignore buttons
• MB_RETRYCANCEL - Display with retry and cancel buttons
• MB_YESNO - Display with yes and no buttons
• MB_YESNOCANCEL - Display with yes, no, cancel buttons
• MB_ICONEXCLAMATION - Display with exclamation icon
• MB_ICONINFORMATION - Display with information icon
• MB_ICONQUESTION - Display with question mark icon
• MB_ICONSTOP - Display with stop icon
• MB_USERICON - Display with installer's icon
• MB_TOPMOST - Make messagebox topmost
• MB_SETFOREGROUND - Set foreground
• MB_RIGHT - Right align text
• MB_RTLREADING - RTL reading order
• MB_DEFBUTTON1 - Button 1 is default
• MB_DEFBUTTON2 - Button 2 is default
• MB_DEFBUTTON3 - Button 3 is default
• MB_DEFBUTTON4 - Button 4 is default

Return_check can be 0 (or empty, or left off), or one of the following:

• IDABORT - Abort button
• IDCANCEL - Cancel button
• IDIGNORE - Ignore button
• IDNO - No button
• IDOK - OK button
• IDRETRY - Retry button
• IDYES - Yes button

If the return value of the MessageBox is return_check, the installer will Goto jumpto.

Use the /SD parameter with one of the return_check values above to specify the option that will be used when the installer is silent. See section 4.12 for more information.

MessageBox MB_OK "simple message box"
MessageBox MB_YESNO "is it true?" IDYES true IDNO false
true:
  DetailPrint "it's true!"
  Goto next
false:
  DetailPrint "it's false"
next:
MessageBox MB_YESNO "is it true? (defaults to yes on silent installations)" /SD IDYES IDNO false2
  DetailPrint "it's true (or silent)!"
  Goto next2
false2:
  DetailPrint "it's false"
next2: