# DialogModule. SDL's Missing Dialog API. No Dynamic or Static Library Required

**URL:** <https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/dialogmodule-sdls-missing-dialog-api-no-dynamic-or-static-library-required/26354>\
**Category:** SDL Development\
**Created:** [July 3, 2019, 7:58pm UTC](https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/dialogmodule-sdls-missing-dialog-api-no-dynamic-or-static-library-required/26354 "2019-07-03T19:58:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![samuelvenable](https://discourse.libsdl.org/user_avatar/discourse.libsdl.org/samuelvenable/32/3787_2.png) [@samuelvenable](https://discourse.libsdl.org/u/samuelvenable)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 7:58pm UTC](https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/dialogmodule-sdls-missing-dialog-api-no-dynamic-or-static-library-required/26354/1 "2019-07-03T19:58:29Z")

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## **#include “DialogModule.h” for C++ Projects: [GitHub](https://github.com/time-killer-games/DialogModule) | [SourceForge](https://sourceforge.net/projects/dialogmodule/)** Permissive MIT License. Written in C++, but can also be used in C.

Available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. On Linux both GTK+ and KDE Dialogs are supported. For KDE dialogs, use: widget\_set\_system((char \*)“KDialog”);

The excessive use of double’s and char pointers is due to the fact the source code is also used for a GameMaker Studio 2 extension library, which requires these data types for exported functions’ arguments and return values.

Functions included:

```
double show_message(char *str)
double show_message_cancelable(char *str)
double show_question(char *str)
double show_question_cancelable(char *str)
double show_attempt(char *str)
double show_error(char *str, double abort)
char *get_string(char *str, char *def)
char *get_password(char *str, char *def)
double get_integer(char *str, double def)
double get_passcode(char *str, double def)
char *get_open_filename(char *filter, char *fname)
char *get_open_filename_ext(char *filter, char *fname, char *dir, char *title)
char *get_open_filenames(char *filter, char *fname)
char *get_open_filenames_ext(char *filter, char *fname, char *dir, char *title)
char *get_save_filename(char *filter, char *fname)
char *get_save_filename_ext(char *filter, char *fname, char *dir, char *title)
char *get_directory(char *dname)
char *get_directory_alt(char *capt, char *root)
double get_color(double defcol)
double get_color_ext(double defcol, char *title)
char *message_get_caption()
char *message_set_caption(char *str)
char *widget_get_system() // Returns current widget system
char *widget_set_system(char *sys) // (char *)"Zenity" or (char *)"KDialog"

```

Official Website:

> **[DialogModule Documentation](http://dialogmodule.weebly.com/)**
>
> Windows

I hope many people will benefit from this.  
Samuel