source: python/vendor/Python-2.6.5/Lib/lib-tk/tkMessageBox.py

# tk common message boxes
#
# this module provides an interface to the native message boxes
# available in Tk 4.2 and newer.
#
# written by Fredrik Lundh, May 1997
#

#
# options (all have default values):
#
# - default: which button to make default (one of the reply codes)
#
# - icon: which icon to display (see below)
#
# - message: the message to display
#
# - parent: which window to place the dialog on top of
#
# - title: dialog title
#
# - type: dialog type; that is, which buttons to display (see below)
#

from tkCommonDialog import Dialog

#
# constants

# icons
ERROR = "error"
INFO = "info"
QUESTION = "question"
WARNING = "warning"

# types
ABORTRETRYIGNORE = "abortretryignore"
OK = "ok"
OKCANCEL = "okcancel"
RETRYCANCEL = "retrycancel"
YESNO = "yesno"
YESNOCANCEL = "yesnocancel"

# replies
ABORT = "abort"
RETRY = "retry"
IGNORE = "ignore"
OK = "ok"
CANCEL = "cancel"
YES = "yes"
NO = "no"


#
# message dialog class

class Message(Dialog):
    "A message box"

    command  = "tk_messageBox"


#
# convenience stuff

# Rename _icon and _type options to allow overriding them in options
def _show(title=None, message=None, _icon=None, _type=None, **options):
    if _icon and "icon" not in options:    options["icon"] = _icon
    if _type and "type" not in options:    options["type"] = _type
    if title:   options["title"] = title
    if message: options["message"] = message
    res = Message(**options).show()
    # In some Tcl installations, Tcl converts yes/no into a boolean
    if isinstance(res, bool):
        if res: return YES
        return NO
    return res

def showinfo(title=None, message=None, **options):
    "Show an info message"
    return _show(title, message, INFO, OK, **options)

def showwarning(title=None, message=None, **options):
    "Show a warning message"
    return _show(title, message, WARNING, OK, **options)

def showerror(title=None, message=None, **options):
    "Show an error message"
    return _show(title, message, ERROR, OK, **options)

def askquestion(title=None, message=None, **options):
    "Ask a question"
    return _show(title, message, QUESTION, YESNO, **options)

def askokcancel(title=None, message=None, **options):
    "Ask if operation should proceed; return true if the answer is ok"
    s = _show(title, message, QUESTION, OKCANCEL, **options)
    return s == OK

def askyesno(title=None, message=None, **options):
    "Ask a question; return true if the answer is yes"
    s = _show(title, message, QUESTION, YESNO, **options)
    return s == YES

def askyesnocancel(title=None, message=None, **options):
    "Ask a question; return true if the answer is yes, None if cancelled."
    s = _show(title, message, QUESTION, YESNOCANCEL, **options)
    # s might be a Tcl index object, so convert it to a string
    s = str(s)
    if s == CANCEL:
        return None
    return s == YES

def askretrycancel(title=None, message=None, **options):
    "Ask if operation should be retried; return true if the answer is yes"
    s = _show(title, message, WARNING, RETRYCANCEL, **options)
    return s == RETRY


# --------------------------------------------------------------------
# test stuff

if __name__ == "__main__":

    print "info", showinfo("Spam", "Egg Information")
    print "warning", showwarning("Spam", "Egg Warning")
    print "error", showerror("Spam", "Egg Alert")
    print "question", askquestion("Spam", "Question?")
    print "proceed", askokcancel("Spam", "Proceed?")
    print "yes/no", askyesno("Spam", "Got it?")
    print "yes/no/cancel", askyesnocancel("Spam", "Want it?")
    print "try again", askretrycancel("Spam", "Try again?")