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messagebox with glut

Started by DesignerX Aug 20, 2008 at 5:17 PM 3 replies 9.9k views

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DesignerX

Aug 20, 2008 at 5:17 PM

How do I open a messagebox using glut ? thx.

donny dont

Aug 20, 2008 at 5:57 PM

Might this be what you are looking for?

http://www.lighthouse3d.com/opengl/glut/index.php?10

DesignerX

Aug 21, 2008 at 2:28 AM

not exactly. I only need to open a message box with a text in it and an ok button like in win32api.

any ideas?

V-man

Aug 21, 2008 at 7:59 AM

If you want a real Windows MessageBox, then there is no solution unless you want to call MessageBox and give it a NULL parameter for the HWND.

Or use CeGUI which renders things with GL.

songho

Aug 21, 2008 at 9:21 AM

It is not a good idea to put Windows specific APIs in GLUT program. But, you can call MessageBox() if you get the window handle.

// create a window with GLUTglutCreateWindow(argv[0]);// find HWND with application nameHWND winHandle = ::FindWindow(NULL, argv[0]);::MessageBox(winHandle, "message", "caption", MB_OKCANCEL);

It is a quick but dirty solution. Using cross-platform GUI library is desired as V-man mentioned.

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