Tcl/Tk 8.5 Programming Cookbook

Displaying a message box

The tk_messageBox command displays a message window with a defined message, an icon and a collection of command buttons and waits on the user's response. The return value provided is the symbolic value (see the type option in the following table) assigned to the button selected.

The syntax is as follows:

	tk_messageBox option value …

The tk_messageBox command accepts one or more option value pairs as detailed below. If no option value pairs are provided the command will display an empty window with an OK button.

Option	Interpretation
-default name	Designates which button is the default.
-detail string	Displays a secondary message to the message provided by the –message option.
-icon name	Sets the icon to display, ...