Ian,
It's not that bad. I have had a few difficulties with it, but you should
try and make your decision. It would not be difficult to migrate to forms
later.
This is what I posted.
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It can be done, but it does need a bit of API tweaking. The code to do it
is shown afterwards, but this is a demo routine to create the custom m
essage boxes
Sub Test()
Dim mReturn As String
mReturn = cMsgBox(1, _
vbYesNoCancel, _
"Customize your message box buttons", _
"Do you not agree that this is pretty cool?", _
, _
"I Like It", _
"Not For Me", _
"Not Sure")
cMsgBox 1, _
vbOKOnly, _
"Customize your message box buttons", _
"You selected the button captioned: " & vbCrLf & mReturn, _
, _
"Okay"
End Sub
Be warned that it is not the most stable thing I have ever encountered.
Option Explicit
Private Declare Function GetCurrentThreadId Lib "kernel32" _
() As Long
Public Declare Function GetDesktopWindow Lib "user32" _
() As Long
Private Declare Function GetWindowLong Lib "user32" _
Alias "GetWindowLongA" _
(ByVal hWnd As Long, _
ByVal nIndex As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function MessageBox Lib "user32" _
Alias "MessageBoxA" _
(ByVal hWnd As Long, _
ByVal lpText As String, _
ByVal lpCaption As String, _
ByVal wType As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function SetDlgItemText Lib "user32" _
Alias "SetDlgItemTextA" _
(ByVal hDlg As Long, _
ByVal nIDDlgItem As Long, _
ByVal lpString As String) As Long
Private Declare Function SetWindowsHookEx Lib "user32" _
Alias "SetWindowsHookExA" _
(ByVal idHook As Long, _
ByVal lpfn As Long, _
ByVal hmod As Long, _
ByVal dwThreadId As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function SetWindowText Lib "user32" _
Alias "SetWindowTextA" _
(ByVal hWnd As Long, _
ByVal lpString As String) As Long
Private Declare Function UnhookWindowsHookEx Lib "user32" _
(ByVal hHook As Long) As Long
Private Const IDPROMPT = &HFFFF&
Private Const WH_CBT = 5
Private Const GWL_HINSTANCE = (-6)
Private Const HCBT_ACTIVATE = 5
Private Type MSGBOX_HOOK_PARAMS
hWndOwner As Long
hHook As Long
End Type
Private MSGHOOK As MSGBOX_HOOK_PARAMS
Dim mbFlags As VbMsgBoxStyle
Dim mbFlags2 As VbMsgBoxStyle
Dim mTitle As String
Dim mPrompt As String
Dim But1 As String
Dim But2 As String
Dim But3 As String
'---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Public Function cMsgBox(hWnd As Long, _
mMsgbox As VbMsgBoxStyle, _
Title As String, _
Prompt As String, _
Optional mMsgIcon As VbMsgBoxStyle, _
Optional Button1 As String, _
Optional Button2 As String, _
Optional Button3 As String) As String
'---------------------------------------------------------------------------
' Function: Controls the display of the custom MsgBox and returns
' selected button
' Synopsis: Sets supplied custom parameters and returns text of
' the button that was pressed as a string
'---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dim mReturn As Long
mbFlags = mMsgbox
mbFlags2 = mMsgIcon
mTitle = Title
mPrompt = Prompt
But1 = Button1
But2 = Button2
But3 = Button3
'show the custom messagebox
mReturn = MessageBoxH(hWnd, GetDesktopWindow(), mbFlags Or mbFlags2)
'test which button of the 7 possible options has been pressed
Select Case mReturn
Case vbAbort
cMsgBox = But1
Case vbRetry
cMsgBox = But2
Case vbIgnore
cMsgBox = But3
Case vbYes
cMsgBox = But1
Case vbNo
cMsgBox = But2
Case vbCancel
cMsgBox = But3
Case vbOK
cMsgBox = But1
End Select
End Function
'---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Public Function MessageBoxH(hWndThreadOwner As Long, _
hWndOwner As Long, _
mbFlags As VbMsgBoxStyle) As Long
'---------------------------------------------------------------------------
' Function: Calls the hook
'---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dim hInstance As Long
Dim hThreadId As Long
hInstance = GetWindowLong(hWndThreadOwner, GWL_HINSTANCE)
hThreadId = GetCurrentThreadId()
With MSGHOOK
.hWndOwner = hWndOwner
.hHook = SetWindowsHookEx(WH_CBT, AddressOf MsgBoxHookProc,
hInstance, hThreadId)
End With
MessageBoxH = MessageBox(hWndOwner, Space$(120), Space$(120), mbFlags)
End Function
'---------------------------------------------------------------------------
----
Public Function MsgBoxHookProc(ByVal uMsg As Long, _
ByVal wParam As Long, _
ByVal lParam As Long) As Long
'---------------------------------------------------------------------------
' Function: Formats and shows the custom messagebox
' Synopsis: Setups the window text
' Setups the dialog box text
' Checks which buttons added to messagebox (choice of 6
' combinations ofthe 7 buttons), then sets the button text
' accordingly
' Then removes the hook
'---------------------------------------------------------------------------
If uMsg = HCBT_ACTIVATE Then
SetWindowText wParam, mTitle
SetDlgItemText wParam, IDPROMPT, mPrompt
Select Case mbFlags
Case vbAbortRetryIgnore
SetDlgItemText wParam, vbAbort, But1
SetDlgItemText wParam, vbRetry, But2
SetDlgItemText wParam, vbIgnore, But3
Case vbYesNoCancel
SetDlgItemText wParam, vbYes, But1
SetDlgItemText wParam, vbNo, But2
SetDlgItemText wParam, vbCancel, But3
Case vbOKOnly
SetDlgItemText wParam, vbOK, But1
Case vbRetryCancel
SetDlgItemText wParam, vbRetry, But1
SetDlgItemText wParam, vbCancel, But2
Case vbYesNo
SetDlgItemText wParam, vbYes, But1
SetDlgItemText wParam, vbNo, But2
Case vbOKCancel
SetDlgItemText wParam, vbOK, But1
SetDlgItemText wParam, vbCancel, But2
End Select
UnhookWindowsHookEx MSGHOOK.hHook
End If
MsgBoxHookProc = False
End Function
--
HTH
Bob Phillips
... looking out across Poole Harbour to the Purbecks
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)
