flx_show_dialog implements a set of popup dialogs as an alternative to some of the Xforms goodies. I have five types of dialogs available:

• error
• info
• question
• message
• warning

To use flx_show_dialog(), just compile flx_show_dialog.c, and then link flx_show_dialog.o into your code. To call the dialogs in your code, add the line

status = flx_show_dialog("type", "message_string");

where type is one of the five listed above, and message is the text you want to put in the dialog box. status (int) is the return value. All dialogs except question have only an "Ok" button, and return the value 1. A question dialog has "Ok" and "Cancel" buttons, and returns 1 for "Ok", and 0 for "Cancel".

flx_show_dialog is flexible. You can use the functions the following functions to set the dialog attributes:

• flx_set_dialog_lcol(). Takes one argument to set the label color.
• flx_set_dialog_color(). Takes two arguments, to set the dialog buttons inactive and active colors.
• flx_set_dialog_bgcolor(). Takes one argument, to set the dialog background color.
• flx_set_dialog_font(). Takes two arguments, to set the font style and size.