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confirm

Opens a dialog box that shows a given message, a confirmation button, and a cancel button. The user will have to click either "OK" or "Cancel" to proceed. Returns a Boolean that represents the user's answer. If the user clicked "OK", the function returns true; if the user clicked "Cancel", the function returns false.

Signature

confirm(strMessage : String) -> result : Boolean

Example (JScript)

if ( confirm( "Continue processing?" ) == false )
alert("You have cancelled this action");

Example (VBScript)

If ( confirm( "Continue processing?" ) = false ) Then
MsgBox("You have cancelled this action")
End If