C# Signature:

[DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
private static extern IntPtr MB_GetString(int strId);

VB Signature:

    <DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError:=True, CharSet:=CharSet.Unicode)>
    Private Shared Function MB_GetString(ByVal strId As Integer) As IntPtr
    End Function

User-Defined Types:

DialogBoxCommandID

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Notes:

Use Marshal.PtrToStringAuto to retrieve the returned message.

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Sample Code:

strMBText = Marshal.PtrToStringAuto(MB_GetString(id)) 'ID As DialogBoxCommandID

strMBText = Marshal.PtrToStringAuto(MB_GetString(id) 'ID As DialogBoxCommandID

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