Discover a method for customizing message boxes created with the MessageBox Windows API function.
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If you have been using Vista, you would have noticed that MessageBoxes are passé. These have been replaced by the new Task Dialogs. Task dialogs are intended to make the experience more interactive and goal-oriented. Take a tour of the Task Dialog API.
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Published 11/23/2005
Windows message boxes do not provide a standard interface for modifying button captions. Learn how to make the caption changes.
CBT Message Box
Published 02/10/2003
A Win32 API MessageBox enhancement that automatically centers a message box to its parent window. (The source code was updated.)
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