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Display a MessageBox Using the Windows API (See related posts)

Sometimes the only user interface you need is a message box... Yes/No... OK/Cancel... You can use the DL library to call the MessageBoxA Windows API function.

require 'dl'

# button constants
BUTTONS_OK = 0
BUTTONS_OKCANCEL = 1
BUTTONS_ABORTRETRYIGNORE = 2
BUTTONS_YESNO = 4

# return code constants
CLICKED_OK = 1
CLICKED_CANCEL = 2
CLICKED_ABORT = 3
CLICKED_RETRY = 4
CLICKED_IGNORE = 5
CLICKED_YES = 6
CLICKED_NO = 7

def message_box(txt, title=APP_TITLE, buttons=BUTTONS_OK)
    user32 = DL.dlopen('user32')
    msgbox = user32['MessageBoxA', 'ILSSI']
    r, rs = msgbox.call(0, txt, title, buttons)
    return r
end


Further details can be found here.

to ruby windows by dmullet on Sun Jun 03 10:33:17 -0400 2007

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