Dialog_ShowError

VB Scripting Library > OSD Scripting Library > Dialog functions (OSD)

Dialog_ShowError(sText)

Will show a messagebox to the user that contains the text in the argument with an error icon to the left and an OK button.

Arguments

ARGUMENT	DESCRIPTION	TYPE
sText	The text to display	String

Return Type

Boolean, TRUE if function completed successfully.

Remarks

The title of the message box is CapaInstaller OSD. The script pauses until the user clicks OK. The function always returns TRUE.

Example

The following example will show a dialog to the user, where the text is broken into 3 lines using the vbCrLf function.

• VBScript

Private Function IncludeScript(sScriptFile)
 '...
End Function

'Begin
  bStatus=True
  If bStatus Then bStatus=IncludeScript("customlib.cis")
  If bStatus Then bStatus=IncludeLibrary("Capalib.cin")
  If bStatus Then bStatus=IncludeLibrary("Osdlib.cin")
  If bStatus Then bStatus=Job_Start("WS","Script Name","1.0","ScriptName.log","INSTALL")
  If bStatus Then bStatus=OSD_Initialize()

  If bStatus Then bStatus=Dialog_ShowError("The following" & vbCrLf & "Text is broken" & vbCrLf & "Into three lines")

  Job_End(bStatus)
'End main

See Also

Scripting Guidelines, Dialog_ShowWarning, Dialog_ShowInformation Constants Package Property Variables