CODEWITHSUNDEEP
vb.net
user2962071
user2962071

Reputation:

Referring To MessageBox VB.NET

I'm writing a program that kids can use to code from within my application instead of a console-based approach

So I have a lesson that teaches them about message boxes, they are given a sample line of code and what it creates and are told to create their own by entering code into a textbox to create their own that says "Hey Dude!", the problem is, I'm having trouble getting the system to check if what they entered was correct or not... eg:

Private Sub btnShowMsgBox_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles btnShowMsgBox.Click
        If txtUserInput.Text = MessageBox.Show("I can code!") Then
            MessageBox.Show("I can code!")
        Else
            MessageBox.Show("That's not quite right, try again!")
        End If

I've tried adding " " around the relevent code on the first line of the if statement but no joy, as well as trying a variable approach

So basically the problem is the program is getting confused and doesn't understand why I'm checking to see if code for a message box is present, the syntax of the messagebox code doesn't fit well either

Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I would get this working? The logic is so straightforward but it's driving me nuts!

Thanks a million in advance

Upvotes: 0

Views: 76

Answers (1)

Zack
Zack

Reputation: 580

I believe you want the code to look more like...

Private Sub btnShowMsgBox_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles btnShowMsgBox.Click
    If txtUserInput.Text = "MessageBox.Show(""I can code!"")" Then
        MessageBox.Show("I can code!")
    Else
        MessageBox.Show("That's not quite right, try again!")
    End If

The double quotes will return as single quotes within the string between the single quotes.

Upvotes: 1

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