Microsoft Access VBA Macro Programming

This example will show a two-button message box (Yes and No). If Yes is clicked, the
following message box will show 6 (vbYes). If No is clicked, the message box will show 7
(vbNo). You can then write your code to specify what will happen according to which action
is taken:

If x = vbYes Then Action 1 Else Action 2

The following table lists the return values for a message box:

Constant Value Description

vbOK 1 OK button clicked

vbCancel 2 Cancel button clicked

vbAbort 3 Abort button clicked

vbRetry 4 Retry button clicked

vbIgnore 5 Ignore button clicked

vbYes 6 Yes button clicked

vbNo 7 No button clicked

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