msgbox

Creates a message dialog box.

Syntax

  • h = msgbox(message)

  • h = msgbox(message, mode)

  • h = msgbox(message, title)

  • h = msgbox(message, title, mode)

  • h = msgbox(message, title, icon)

  • h = msgbox(message, title, icon, mode)

Input argument

  • message - a string or a cell of string: the message to display.

  • title - a string: the title of the dialog box.

  • icon - a string: 'none', 'error', 'help', 'warn' or 'question'.

  • mode - a string: 'modal', 'on' or 'nonmodal'.

Output argument

  • h - a QObject handle.

Description

msgbox creates an message dialog box.

h = msgbox(message, title, 'on') specifies whether to replace an existing dialog box having the same name.

Examples

h = msgbox('help string')
h = msgbox('help string', 'dialog title')
h = msgbox('help string', 'dialog title')
h = msgbox('help string', 'dialog title', 'on')

See also

helpdlg, errordlg, questdlg, warndlg.

History

Author

Allan CORNET

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