# Dialog_ShowInformation

> Will show a messagebox to the user that contains the text in the argument with an Information icon to the left and an OK button.

Source: https://docs.capaone.com/capainstaller/vb-scripting-library/osd-scripting-library/dialog-functions-osd/dialog-showinformation/  
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### Dialog_ShowInformation(sText)

Will show a messagebox to the user that contains the text in the argument with an Information icon to the left and an OK button.

### Arguments

| ARGUMENT   | DESCRIPTION         | TYPE   |
|:-----------|:--------------------|:-------|
| sText      | The text to display | String |

### Return Type

Boolean, TRUE if function completed successfully.

### Remarks

### Example

The following example will show a dialog to the user, where the text is broken into 3 lines using the vbCrLf function.

**VBScript**

```vb
Private Function IncludeScript(sScriptFile)
 '...
End Function

'Begin
  bStatus=True
  If bStatus Then bStatus=IncludeScript("customlib.cis")
  If bStatus Then bStatus=IncludeLibrary("Capalib.cin")
  If bStatus Then bStatus=IncludeLibrary("Osdlib.cin")
  If bStatus Then bStatus=Job_Start("WS","Script Name","1.0","ScriptName.log","INSTALL")
  If bStatus Then bStatus=OSD_Initialize()

  If bStatus Then bStatus=Dialog_ShowInformation("The following" & vbCrLf & "Text is broken" & vbCrLf & "Into three lines")

  Job_End(bStatus)
'End main

```

### See Also

[Scripting Guidelines](/capainstaller/vb-scripting-library/scripting-guidelines/), [Dialog_ShowError](/capainstaller/vb-scripting-library/osd-scripting-library/dialog-functions-osd/dialog-showerror/), [Dialog_ShowWarning](/capainstaller/vb-scripting-library/osd-scripting-library/dialog-functions-osd/dialog-showwarning/) [Constants](/capainstaller/vb-scripting-library/addendum/constants/) [Package Property](/capainstaller/vb-scripting-library/addendum/package-property/) [Variables](/capainstaller/vb-scripting-library/addendum/variables/)