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Python ctypes MessageBox Example

The document provides code samples to display message boxes in Python using the ctypes library similarly to VBA message boxes. It shows how to use a single line of code or define a function to call the MessageBoxA method, passing in text, title, and style parameters. The styles are enumerated with 0 for OK and values 1 through 6 for other button configurations like OK/Cancel or Yes/No.

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Python ctypes MessageBox Example

The document provides code samples to display message boxes in Python using the ctypes library similarly to VBA message boxes. It shows how to use a single line of code or define a function to call the MessageBoxA method, passing in text, title, and style parameters. The styles are enumerated with 0 for OK and values 1 through 6 for other button configurations like OK/Cancel or Yes/No.

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You could use an import and single line code like this:

import ctypes # An included library with Python install.


[Link](0, "Your text", "Your title", 1)
Or define a function (Mbox) like so:
import ctypes # An included library with Python install.
def Mbox(title, text, style):
[Link](0, text, title, style)
Mbox('Your title', 'Your text', 1)
Note the styles are as follows:
## Styles:
## 0 : OK
## 1 : OK | Cancel
## 2 : Abort | Retry | Ignore
## 3 : Yes | No | Cancel
## 4 : Yes | No
## 5 : Retry | No
## 6 : Cancel | Try Again | Continue
Have fun!

Simple VBA like MessageBox in Python

Some days ago I found a very easy pythonic way to show a VBA-like MessageBox. It was created with only one line of
cpython code.
The code is very very easy. Simply change the last integer parameter to change the style of the message box.

import ctypes

msgbox = [Link]
ret = msgbox(None, 'Press OK to end the demo.', 'Deviare Python Demo', 0)
print ret
The last parameter controls the style of the MessageBox. There are 7 styles:

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