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A Custom Message Box ActiveX Control

This is an ActiveX control that will produce a message box. This code is based upon Netscape’s new message box. I have modified this code to suit my own needs. The MessageBox code is wrapped up in a control, but could quite easily be converted to a DLL depending on your requirements. The control shows […]

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This is an ActiveX control that will produce a message box. This code is based upon Netscape’s new message box. I have modified this code to suit my own needs.

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The MessageBox code is wrapped up in a control, but could quite easily be converted to a DLL depending on your requirements. The control shows the dialog with one line of code :

CustomMsgBox1.MessageBox msg, miInformation, msOk, _
                              "Custom Message Box"

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