This works just fine for me.
Dt = 5
Dt = "Records prior to " & Dt & " have been removed"
MsgBox Dt

Not sure why it's not working for you. You could always use something
like:
Dt = 5
MsgBox "Records prior to " & Dt & " have been removed"
or
Dt = 5
msgString = "Records prior to " & Dt & " have been removed"
MsgBox msgString

wrote:
I'm trying to display message box that combines text along with a
variable that was previously defined. The following code only
displays the date that's contained in the variable Dt, but it doesn't
display the text. How can this be done?


Dt = "Records prior to " & Dt & " have been removed"
MsgBox Dt

Thanks.