Error Message Generator

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Project Description

The command-line, scriptable version of Error Message Generator is called ZenMsg, named after the GNOME utility, Zenity. It's a version of the generator that can be provoked from batch files and scripts.

Features

• Fully customizable error box: select the title, icon, and message.
• Create up to THREE buttons for the error box and specify what each of them say, and which ones are "greyed out"
• Advanced features to make the error keep coming back until the right button is selected.
• A button that minimizes and renames the control window, leaving only the error dialog visible on screen.

Screenshots

ErrorGen in action, surrounded by example error messages. (click for a larger version)

ZenMsg

ZenMsg --error -t "An error has occurred." -b "Abort" -b "Retry" -b "Fail"

There is no binary Linux version of this utility. The source code however is available and will execute under Linux; I've just not compiled a standalone executable (there are a handful of other utilities that do the job: see Zenity. Source code is available on the Downloads tab.

Windows Executable

Download ZenMsg
Version 0.01 - 2008/09/18
ZIP format/3.6 MB

Software License

    Error Message Generator
    Copyright (C) 2008  Casey Kirsle

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
    with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
    51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.

Downloads

Windows Executable

Download Error Message Generator
Version 1.2 - 2007/06/28
ZIP format/2.1 MB

Linux Binary

Download Error Message Generator
Version 1.2 - 2007/06/28
TAR.GZ format/4.6 MB

All Distributions

Release	Windows EXE	Linux Binary	Source Code
ErrorGen 1.2 2007/06/28	ErrorGen 1.2 (ZIP; 2.1 MB)	ErrorGen 1.2 (TAR.GZ; 4.6 MB)	ErrorGen 1.2 (TAR.GZ; 114.1 KB)
ZenMsg 0.01 2008/09/18	ZenMsg 0.01 (ZIP; 3.6 MB)	Not available.	ZenMsg 0.01 (ZIP; 13 KB)