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Command-line dialog tool for Windows

I need a dialog tool similar to cdialog (or whiptail), but one that will work on Windows.

I have MinGW and compiling something from source is no problem, but both cdialog and whiptail, the only ones that I know of, contain code that is UNIX-specific, and so they will not compile on Windows.

Are there any alternatives that I can use? I'd rather not have to figure out and replace the platform-specific code myself.

Solution

  • I remember the E Text Editor using wxCocoaDialog for that purpose:

    wxCocoaDialog is a multi-platform port of the CocoaDialog application for OS X, that allows the use of common GUI controls such as file selectors, text input, progress bars, yes/no confirmations and more with a command-line application. It is ideal for use in shell and Perl scripts (or Ruby, or Python, or... etc).