You're right.

I was using the InputBox method (Application.InputBox) rather than
the InputBox function. I should have read the OP's question and your
response in a less cursory manner.

Paul
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On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 15:09:17 -0400, "Tom Ogilvy"
wrote:

But he was making his comparison to vbCancel which is a two and is usable
with a msgbox, not an input box.

? vbCancel
2


You said hitting cancel in an inputbox returns zero - it doesn't

"When I hit Cancel (or X) on an InputBox, I get the returned value of 0
(Zero)."

Tested in the immediate window (cancel was selected)

? inputbox("abc")

------ it returned a null string

? typename(inputbox("abc"))
String

A vba inputbox always returns a string.

An empty string is coerced to zero in most cases if you force it to be used
as a number, but not always. For instance

? inputbox("abc") = 0
raises a type mismatch error when I hit cancel.

I just provided information on what an inputbox actually returns.