alert.exe - a command line util that windows should have had

msg kind of fulfills this but not very well - compile and place in %WINDOWS% to be able to use it in cmd without changing path variables

this is so simple but so useful if you ever need to use it for some reason like i just found myself requiring (task scheduler is for NERDS)

Code:


// so easy even amsk8r could make this
#include <stdio.h>
#include <windows.h>

#define UNICODE 1

using namespace std;

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
   if(argc != 3) {
       printf("Usage: [file name] "message" "title""); // add extra arguments and shit at your leisure
       return -1;
   }
   int msgbox = MessageBox(
       NULL,
       (LPCTSTR)argv[1],
       (LPCTSTR)argv[2],
       MB_ICONWARNING | MB_OK | MB_DEFBUTTON1
   );

   return msgbox;
}


i have since forgotten why i needed this

forgive me for asking but what does it actually do

roomo wrote:forgive me for asking but what does it actually do

are you blind or do images not show up for you

images werent showing up for me at the time

i can seee the picture and i have no fucking idea what it does

SmokeTheHardest 420 2k14 wrote:i can seee the picture and i have no fucking idea what it does

whenever that happens, i just click quote and paste the img link into a new tab

SmokeTheHardest 420 2k15 wrote:i can seee the picture and i have no loving idea what it does

it lets you display a message prompt for whatever reason you might want to do that

this is a classic hallmark of high school seth's attitude of "i would rather make something worse than use a better solution i didnt make" but it is cool

salty wrote:this is a classic hallmark of high school seth's attitude of "i would rather make something worse than use a better solution i didnt make" but it is cool

that attitude is valid and american