a "tiny utility" that would call the MessageBoxA() Win32 API function with the caption and message I give it?

See rundll32.exe to do that. Is a "standard" MS app and you can find details on it's use on their web site.

Another method would be to create a "regular" window (i.e. not a dialog) that does what you want. In VB you just show a form with a label & and OK button in it, and set the label's value to your string. You can set various properties of the form at design time to simulate a dialog box. Change your compile settings to start the app with a "main" function instead of a form. Otherwise, the application will just exit when the form is dismissed. Sorry, I don't do GUI programming with perl, so i can't give you a perl-centric answer.

In reply to Re: Show a msgbox and do not wait (Win32) by Cabrion
in thread Show a msgbox and do not wait (Win32) by Jenda

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