Displaying an image in a VBScript MsgBox

angel picture angel · Aug 24, 2011 · Viewed 11.4k times · Source

How can I display an image in a MsgBox?

Answer

Jean-François Corbett picture Jean-François Corbett · Aug 24, 2011

The answer is: This is not possible. MsgBox can only display strings. (Documentation)

An alternative is to display your image in a small Internet Explorer window. Here's an example:

Set objExplorer = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")

With objExplorer
    .Navigate "about:blank"
    .ToolBar = 0
    .StatusBar = 0
    .Left = 100
    .Top = 100
    .Width = 200
    .Height = 200
    .Visible = 1
    .Document.Title = "Important image!"
    .Document.Body.InnerHTML = _
        "<img src='http://sstatic.net/stackoverflow/img/venn-diagram.png' height=100 width=100>"
End With

This should display the Venn diagram found in Stack Overflow's about section.