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January 23, 2005 12:20 PM
Broken: (Fun) Custom error messages
You can fake up an error message with Atom Smasher's Error Message Generator.
Thanks to Boing Boing.
Whoa, is that... Carl Winslow? The character from "Family Matters?" If so, hello, and I used to watch this show when I was a little kid!
I made one too
NO Os please select an os to install.
Options Linux,FreeBSD,Windows. Windows is greyed out.
You can also do that with VBScript (incl. with Windows 98 and later). Just type this in Notepad:
MsgBox "TEXT",arguments,"TITLE"
where TEXT is the body, TITLE is the title, and arguments can be one of the following (or nothing, just be sure to use both commas):
vbinformation (Adds a little 'i' logo)
vbquestion (Adds a little '?' logo)
vbexclamation (Adds a warning '!' logo)
vbcritical (Adds the red 'X' logo)
Now save it as whatever_name.vbs and double-click it. For example:
MsgBox "Please insert more coin(s) to continue.",vbexclamation,"System Message"
...I usually find that it is more fun to experiment with writing code that gets Windows to generate the error/message of my choice on its own. I mean, anyone can create a message box that looks like an error window. It takes true skill to find the exact bit of code that gets Windows to automatically generate an error with "Duhh," "Whee," and "Oops" buttons.
Actually, in Windows, it's probably not that hard...
in response to "Mike"...
besides message ganerators
anyone who has ever Resource hacker on programs knows they can edit windows ....getting the images and codes right take a tiny bit of time (TINY) but its worth the results.....take an ABOUT window for instace....edit it to give an error....:D if u have a problem opening a modded windows app I notiecd removed the 23 (24) resource helps sometimes although it takes any windows visual themes off the window :( oh well :D
lol i can do the same thing with microsoft paint and i put it in powerpoint and make my mom think its a virus alert window or a "30 Day Trial Expired" type of thing making her think that she cant play her favorite games anymore :P
I made one:Title: Run!!! Text:your computer is about to explode! Options:run! Don't run and be burned Run faster!
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Sounds like fun!
Posted by: sethn172 at January 23, 2005 12:57 PM