text box input

how can i check to see if a user put something in a text box?

sorry if you read the first post I made, I seem to have misread the question :rolleyes:. Use this :

VB Code:

If Trim(Text1.Text) = "" Then
  MsgBox "Nothing there"
End If

:)

thanks...what's 'Trim' do though?

ya see, I'll have 5 text boxes and the user will only need to put info in 2 of any box. And I want to check to see which 2 the user put info in.....

Trim() just taking off any leading or trailing spaces.

Like if Text1.Text = "     Hello ", then Trim(Text1.Text) would equal "Hello"

:)

Also, try this. It is pretty much the same.

if text1.text="" then
msgbox "Please insert text"
end if

as for wanting to see what is put into the 2 text boxes, try this:

msgbox=text1.text
msgbox=text2.text

i dunno if thats what u mean, but if it is, u will get two message boxes showing the text. I made a prog once, taht was pass protected, and it showed a message box, with the password, if the password put in both boxes was the same. If thats what you mean, try this:

if text1.text=text2.text then
msgbox "You chose: " & text1.text & " As your password."
end if

Maybe those will help.