Displaying an image in a VBScript MsgBox

Question

How can I display an image in a MsgBox?

Answer 1

What you want is called a HyperText Application, or HTA. You use HTML to create the form.

Answer 2

The answer is: this is not possible. MsgBox can only display strings.

Documentation: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/sfw6660x%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

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.