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# VBScript InputBox Function

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The InputBox function displays a dialog box, where the user can write some input and/or click on a button. If the user clicks the OK button or presses ENTER on the keyboard, the InputBox function will return the text in the text box. If the user clicks on the Cancel button, the function will return an empty string ("").

Note: A Help button is added to the dialog box when both the helpfile and the context parameter are specified.

Tip: Also look at the MsgBox function.

### Syntax

    InputBox(prompt[,title][,default][,xpos][,ypos][,helpfile,context])

Parameter | Description
--- | ---
prompt | Required. The message to show in the dialog box. Maximum length is 1024 characters. You can separate the lines using a carriage return character (Chr(13)), a linefeed character (Chr(10)), or carriage return–linefeed character combination (Chr(13) & Chr(10)) between each line
title | Optional. The title of the dialog box. Default is the application name
default | Optional. A default text in the text box
xpos | Optional. The horizontal distance of the left edge of the dialog box from the left edge of the screen. If omitted, the dialog box is horizontally centered
ypos | Optional. The vertical distance of the upper edge of the dialog box from the top of the screen. If omitted, the dialog box is vertically positioned one-third of the way down the screen
helpfile | Optional. The name of a Help file to use. Must be used with the context parameter
context | Optional. The Help context number to the Help topic. Must be used with the helpfile parameter

### Example 1

    dim fname
    fname=InputBox("Enter your name:")
    MsgBox("Your name is " & fname)

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