Creating an Enhanced Message Box

WinMessageBox2 creates a message window that can be used to display error messages and ask questions. It is a more powerful version of WinMessageBox, including options for non-modality and customization of buttons with text and icons or mini-icons. Buttons included in the enhanced message box are specified in the button definition array MB2D, where custom text can be added.

To support the use of the MB_NONMODAL style, two notification messages are used:

WM_MSGBOXINIT

This message notifies the owner of the message when a non-modal message box is being displayed. It is the responsibility of the owner window to store the window handle returned by the function for later use when the message box is to be destroyed.
WM_MSGBOXDISMISS
This message notifies the owner of the message when a non-modal message box has been dismissed. It is the parent window's responsibility to destroy the message box.

The following example uses WinMessageBox2 to create a message box containing a customized icon:

#define  INCL_WINDIALOGS          /* Window Dialog Manager Functions   */#define  INCL_WINPOINTERS         /* Window Pointer Functions          */

#include <os2.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

CHAR      szMsg[100];         /* Message
HWND      hwndClient;             /* Client-window handle                */
MB2INFO   mb2info;                /* Message Box input structure         */

MB2D mb2d[4] = {                  /* Array of button definitions*/
    { "AAAA", ID_BUTTON1, BS_DEFAULT},
    { "BBBB", ID_BUTTON2, 0},
    { "CCCC",  ID_BUTTON3, 0},
    { "DDDD", ID_BUTTON4, 0}
};

 mb2info.hIcon = WinLoadPointer(HWND_DESKTOP, 0, ID_ICON1);
 mb2info.cButtons = 4;            /* Number of buttons   */
 mb2info.flStyle = MB_CUSTOMICON | MB_MOVEABLE;
                                  /* Icon style flags    */
 mb2info.hwndNotify = NULLHANDLE; /* Reserved            */
 mb2info.cb = sizeof(MB2INFO) + ((mb2info.cButons >1) ?
              (mb2info.cButtons -1) * sizeof (MB2D) : 0);

 memcpy (&mb2info.mb2d, &mb2d, mb2info.cb);

 mb2info.pmb2d = mb2d;            /* Array of button definitions*/

 sprintf (&szMsg, %s, "Error condition exists");

 WinMessageBox2(HWND_DESKTOP,
                hwndClient,       /* Client-window handle     */
               &szMsg,            /* Body of the message
               "Debugging Information",
                                  /* Title of the message     */
               0,                 /* Message Box id           */
               &mb2info);         /* Message Box input structure
 

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