F.Lutz - InfoBox

Description

Displays a topmost information window whose text can be updated. It is intended for use in scripts without a visible window (e.g. cmd files) to provide activity information to the user. Therefore only one instance of InfoBox is started, it can be updated and has to be closed.
It supports up to three lines of text that is wrapped atomatically or separated by \n on the command line.

Usage

Usage: infobox.exe parameter [text]

  -c       Close the open infobox window
  -t text  Show the specified text in a small window,
           if the window already exists, its text is updated

InfoBox 0.4.3, Aug 20 2008, Florian Lutz
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Example

C:\>infobox.exe -t "InfoBox Test \n Line 2 \n Line 3"

Download

Binaries: infobox.exe

Source: infobox-0.4.3-src.zip

Changelog

Version 0.4.3	- Fixed the processing of the command line
Version 0.4.2	- Fixed the text handover to the running instance
Version 0.4.1	- Key-String not shown as part of the window title
Version 0.4	- Finds an existing instance no longer by window title - Command line parameter to close the existing instance
Version 0.3	- Only one window instance is created - Shows further messages in the existing window
Version 0.2	- Better color and font - Line feeds characters are regognized
Version 0.1	- Initial release - Shows every text message in a new window

License

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files, to use the software personally without restriction.

Legal Warning

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.