https://nsis.sourceforge.io/mediawiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Reference%2FMessageBox 2026-07-31T05:05:44Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.39.17 https://nsis.sourceforge.io/mediawiki/index.php?title=Reference/MessageBox&diff=21367&oldid=prev 2011-11-27T19:06:22Z

<p>Created page with &quot;=MessageBox= mb_option_list messagebox_text [/SD return] [return_check jumpto] [return_check_2 jumpto_2] Displays a MessageBox containing the text &quot;messagebox_text&quot;. mb_option...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>=MessageBox=<br /> <br /> mb_option_list messagebox_text [/SD return] [return_check jumpto] [return_check_2 jumpto_2]<br /> <br /> Displays a MessageBox containing the text &quot;messagebox_text&quot;. mb_option_list must be one or more of the following, delimited by |s (e.g. MB_YESNO|MB_ICONSTOP).<br /> <br /> *&#039;&#039;MB_OK&#039;&#039; - Display with an OK button<br /> *&#039;&#039;MB_OKCANCEL&#039;&#039; - Display with an OK and a cancel button<br /> *&#039;&#039;MB_ABORTRETRYIGNORE&#039;&#039; - Display with abort, retry, ignore buttons<br /> *&#039;&#039;MB_RETRYCANCEL&#039;&#039; - Display with retry and cancel buttons<br /> *&#039;&#039;MB_YESNO&#039;&#039; - Display with yes and no buttons<br /> *&#039;&#039;MB_YESNOCANCEL&#039;&#039; - Display with yes, no, cancel buttons<br /> *&#039;&#039;MB_ICONEXCLAMATION&#039;&#039; - Display with exclamation icon<br /> *&#039;&#039;MB_ICONINFORMATION&#039;&#039; - Display with information icon<br /> *&#039;&#039;MB_ICONQUESTION&#039;&#039; - Display with question mark icon<br /> *&#039;&#039;MB_ICONSTOP&#039;&#039; - Display with stop icon<br /> *&#039;&#039;MB_USERICON&#039;&#039; - Display with installer&#039;s icon<br /> *&#039;&#039;MB_TOPMOST&#039;&#039; - Make messagebox topmost<br /> *&#039;&#039;MB_SETFOREGROUND&#039;&#039; - Set foreground<br /> *&#039;&#039;MB_RIGHT&#039;&#039; - Right align text<br /> *&#039;&#039;MB_RTLREADING&#039;&#039; - RTL reading order<br /> *&#039;&#039;MB_DEFBUTTON1&#039;&#039; - Button 1 is default<br /> *&#039;&#039;MB_DEFBUTTON2&#039;&#039; - Button 2 is default<br /> *&#039;&#039;MB_DEFBUTTON3&#039;&#039; - Button 3 is default<br /> *&#039;&#039;MB_DEFBUTTON4&#039;&#039; - Button 4 is default<br /> <br /> Return_check can be 0 (or empty, or left off), or one of the following:<br /> <br /> *&#039;&#039;IDABORT&#039;&#039; - Abort button<br /> *&#039;&#039;IDCANCEL&#039;&#039; - Cancel button<br /> *&#039;&#039;IDIGNORE&#039;&#039; - Ignore button<br /> *&#039;&#039;IDNO&#039;&#039; - No button<br /> *&#039;&#039;IDOK&#039;&#039; - OK button<br /> *&#039;&#039;IDRETRY&#039;&#039; - Retry button<br /> *&#039;&#039;IDYES&#039;&#039; - Yes button<br /> <br /> If the return value of the MessageBox is return_check, the installer will [[Reference/Goto|Goto]] jumpto.<br /> <br /> 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 [http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Docs//Chapter4.html#4.12 section 4.12] for more information.<br /> <br /> &lt;highlight-nsis&gt;MessageBox MB_OK &quot;simple message box&quot;<br /> MessageBox MB_YESNO &quot;is it true?&quot; IDYES true IDNO false<br /> true:<br /> DetailPrint &quot;it&#039;s true!&quot;<br /> Goto next<br /> false:<br /> DetailPrint &quot;it&#039;s false&quot;<br /> next:<br /> MessageBox MB_YESNO &quot;is it true? (defaults to yes on silent installations)&quot; /SD IDYES IDNO false2<br /> DetailPrint &quot;it&#039;s true (or silent)!&quot;<br /> Goto next2<br /> false2:<br /> DetailPrint &quot;it&#039;s false&quot;<br /> next2:&lt;/highlight-nsis&gt;</div>

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