messagebox

Displays a dialog box with message.

messagebox <message> <title> [<special>]

Parameters

string <message>

It is displayed in the dialog box.

string <title>

It is displayed as the dialog box title.

integer <special> (optional default=0)

If it is non-zero, following strings in <message> is treated as spacial character.

input	output
\\	"\"
\n	line feed
\t	tab

This option is obsolete. You are recommended to use the strspecial command.

Example

messagebox ErrorMessage 'Error'

title="Five lines display"
message="First line\nSecond line\nThird line\nFourth line\nFifth line\n"
strspecial message
messagebox message title

variable = 99
sprintf2 msg "%d" variable
messagebox msg "variable ="

See also

• setdlgpos
• statusbox
• strspecial