# SDL Alert Box?

**URL:** <https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/sdl-alert-box/16941>\
**Category:** SDL Development\
**Created:** [December 15, 2009, 4:51am UTC](https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/sdl-alert-box/16941 "2009-12-15T04:51:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![datahead8888](https://discourse.libsdl.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@datahead8888](https://discourse.libsdl.org/u/datahead8888)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 4:51am UTC](https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/sdl-alert-box/16941/1 "2009-12-15T04:51:23Z")

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Is there any reasonably easy way to make an alert/message box pop up in SDL?

The last time I tried to research this, I wound up using a Win32 function call for debugging purposes.------------------------  
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**Author:** ![Donny\_Viszneki](https://discourse.libsdl.org/user_avatar/discourse.libsdl.org/donny_viszneki/32/360_2.png) [@Donny\_Viszneki](https://discourse.libsdl.org/u/Donny_Viszneki)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 6:33am UTC](https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/sdl-alert-box/16941/2 "2009-12-15T06:33:26Z")

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This is not a part of SDL.On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 11:51 PM, datahead8888 \<cjj\_009 at [yahoo.com](http://yahoo.com)\> wrote:

> Is there any reasonably easy way to make an alert/message box pop up in SDL?
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> The last time I tried to research this, I wound up using a Win32 function  
> call for debugging purposes.
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> Always respect knowledge.
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