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Messagebox Length

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TonyDS#

Messagebox Length

Is it possible to make a carriage return in the line if it’s too long?

MessageBox MB_ICONINFORMATION|MB_OK "Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah"

As it makes a really long message box on screen

I tried inserting

\r or \n but it didn't work

it just ended up as

Blah Blah\rBlah Blah and so on

Thanks

-Tony
ramon18#
MessageBox MB_OK "Hi TonyDS$\nIf you need line breaks you must use this char $$ before \n$\nRead the help for more info on this subject. Good bye.$\nRamon"
Afrow UK#
Use $\r$\n for line breaks inside NSIS (Windows standard) and use \r\n in InstallOptions.

-Stu