VBA InputBox Method

VBA InputBox Method helps to prompt the user to enter a value(s) or information. It is a method of Excel application method. Once value is entered in the Input Box, you can press either OK or enter button from keyboard or Cancel button. If we click cancel button it returns an empty string.

It is a Built-In method in VBA. In Excel it returns a variant value and stored in a variable. If user doesn’t enter any value and clicks on OK button, it returns zero length string. You can specify data type of input in VBA. You have an option to define the type of data. This is one of the advantage here.

Table of Contents:

Objective
Syntax of VBA InputBox Method
VBA InputBox Method Example Macro Code
Instructions to Run VBA Macro Code
Other Useful Resources

VBA InputBox Method Syntax

Here is the Syntax of InputBox method in VBA. It has one mandatory parameter and seven optional parameters. It returns number, string, formula, cell reference, or range.

InputBox Method :

Expression.InputBox(Prompt, [Title], [Default], [Left], [Top], [HelpFile], [HelpContextID], [Type])

Where
Expression : It represents application in the InputBox method
Prompt : It is a mandatory argument. It contains string data type and consists of 1024 characters. It represents the message that is displayed in the dialog box.
[Title] : It is an optional argument and contains variant data type. It represents a title displayed in the title bar of the dialog box. Default name is application name.
[Default] : An optional argument and contains variant data type. It represents a default value displays in the text box.
[Left] and [Top] : It is an optional argument and contains variant data type. It represents the Left and Top position of the textbox. Default displays on the center of the screen.
[HelpFile] : An optional argument and contains variant data type. It represents name of the help file. The help button displays on the inputbox.
[HelpContextID] : It is an optional argument and contains variant data type. It represents the number of the topic in help file.
[Type] : An optional argument and represents the data type of the InputBox. The default value is ‘8’. This helps user to allow numbers, string, formula, cell reference or Range. You can find list of types in the following table.

Value	Description
0	Accepts a formula
1	Accepts a number
2	Accepts a Text / String
4	Accepts a logical value True or False
8	Accepts a cell reference as a range
16	An error value such as #N/A
64	Accepts an array of values

VBA InputBox Method Example Macro Code

Let us see the example macro for better understand on on InputBox Method using VBA.

'Select Cell Value from Worksheet using VBA InputBox Method
Sub VBAF1_Select_Value_From_Sheet_Using_Inputbox_Method()
    
    'Variable declaration
    Dim iCellVal As Integer

    iCellVal = Application.InputBox("Select a cell: ", "VBAF1", , , , , , 8)

    MsgBox "Selected cell value : " & iCellVal, vbInformation, "VBAF1"

End Sub

Output: Here is the output screenshot of above example macro code.