Using this answer from How can I create a simple message box in Python?, I have created a Yes/No/Cancel Popup box:
>>> import ctypes
>>> ctypes.windll.user32.MessageBoxW(0, "Your text", "Your title", 3)
Which looks like this:
I was wondering if you could change the text of the buttons from the defaults "Yes", "No" and "Cancel"? I know I could use tkinter to do this, but is their a quick workaround with this ctypes implementation?
I think @Paul Rooney has a very good point that tkinter will be cross platform. And there is a little bit more overhead than one might like to call a message box.
Looking at the MessageBox documentation from Microsoft (MessageBoxW is the unicode version of MessageBox), it seems you have a set number of options for what the buttons can be and that is determined by the 4th argument in the function call:
MB_ABORTRETRYIGNORE = 2
MB_CANCELTRYCONTINUE = 6
MB_HELP = 0x4000 = 16384
MB_OK = 0
MB_OKCANCEL = 1
MB_RETRYCANCEL = 5
MB_YESNO = 4
MB_YESNOCANCEL = 3
If these choices are good for you and you're strictly Windows, this could be a winner for you. It's nice because you only have the ctypes import and the actual function call. Though to be a little safer you should consider using the argtypes function from ctypes to make a function prototype.
To do it the tkinter way, you still have most of the same options for a simple message box (e.g. Yes/No, OK/Cancel, etc). If you really need to control the button text, then you'll have to layout a basic form. Here's a basic example of making your own form. I think you'll find it quite tedious.
from tkinter import Tk, LEFT, RIGHT, BOTH, RAISED, Message
from tkinter.ttk import Frame, Button, Style, Label
class Example(Frame):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
self.initUI()
def initUI(self):
self.master.title("Buttons")
self.style = Style()
self.style.theme_use("default")
frame = Frame(self, relief=RAISED, borderwidth=1)
message = 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua... '
lbl1 = Message(frame, text=message)
lbl1.pack(side=LEFT, padx=5, pady=5)
frame.pack(fill=BOTH, expand=True)
self.pack(fill=BOTH, expand=True)
button1 = Button(self, text="button1")
button1.pack(side=RIGHT, padx=5, pady=5)
button2 = Button(self, text="second button")
button2.pack(side=RIGHT)
def main():
root = Tk()
root.geometry("300x200+300+300")
app = Example()
root.mainloop()
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
MessageBoxoffers a limited set of buttons (with their texts), available through arguments. Do you want to change only that, or place any text on those buttons?