Message Boxes in C++

On 07.06.02, In C++, by Supr_K9

This simple tutorial will teach you how to create message boxes in C++.

Note: The following is for people who already know C++.

In case you don’t know what message boxes are, here are some examples:

There are only two things needed to create Message Boxes:

Include the “windows.h” library:

Use this function :

So, here is the complete code to generate a message box:

The above code generates this message box:

Simple… right? But what does the “MB_OK” mean? All it does is tell the Message Box to make a button that says “OK.” You can make the button on the Message Box say different things.

Here is the complete list:

MB_ABORTRETRYIGNORE

MB_CANCELTRYCONTINUE

MB_HELP

MB_OK

MB_OKCANCEL

MB_RETRYCANCEL

MB_YESNO
MB_YESNOCANCEL

Go ahead! Try them! Replace the part in the code that say “MB_OK” with any of these and see what you get! Try them all!

Ok, so now you know how to make buttons. But what about the icons like these?: ? To make them, you add any of these:

MB_ICONEXCLAMATION:

MB_ICONWARNING:

MB_ICONINFORMATION:

MB_ICONASTERISK:

MB_ICONQUESTION:

MB_ICONSTOP:

MB_ICONERROR:

MB_ICONHAND:

Here is an example of a Message Box with icons:>

The above code generates this Message Box:

But what if you want to make a combination of buttons with icons? What if you want MB_YESNO as the button and MB_ICONERROR as the icon? The answer is simple, you would use “MB_YESNO | MB_ICONERROR”.

Here is an example:

The above code generates the following Message Box:

Yay, now you know how to create Message Boxes but how do you know if they press a button in the Message Box?

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