How to Right-Align a Text List in a Visual Basic Message Box

By default, the MsgBox function in Visual Basic requires only the message or prompt parameter. However, a second parameter is available that lets you use the MsgBoxStyle enumeration to customize the message box's appearance, including the text alignment. To display a text list in a message box, first create a string variable to store the list and add new lines after each list item, and then call the MsgBox function and use the "MsgBoxRight" value to right-align the text.

Instructions

1. Open your Visual Basic project. Double-click the "Button" tool to add it to the form. Double-click the control on the form to open the "Button1_Click" function.

2. Type the following:

   Dim strVar1 As String = "One"

   Dim strVar2 As String = "Two"

   Dim strVar3 As String = "Three"

   Dim message As String

   This declares three string variables to use as a list of text. You can use any other variables, including an array of strings in place of these three.

3. Type the following:

   message = strVar1 & vbNewLine & strVar2 & vbNewLine & strVar3

   This initializes the "message" variable with the string text. Use a loop if you have an array of strings. Calling "vbNewLine" after each string inserts a new line into the text to make it into a list.

4. Type the following:

   MsgBox(message, MsgBoxStyle.MsgBoxRight)

   This creates a message box that displays the list of text saved in the "message" variable and uses the "MsgBoxStyle" enumeration to right-align the text.

References

• MSDN: MsgBox Function