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    How to show error messages with SDL...

    How can I open windows to show errors while using SDL? I know that with GDI you can simply call MessageBox(), I want something similar with SDL.

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    You could always use the Windows API MessageBox() function directly (through windows.h), if you don't care about platform independency. For example:
    Code:
    #include <windows.h>
    #include <SDL.h>
    
    int main(int argc, char* argv[])
    {
        if (SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO | SDL_INIT_TIMER | SDL_INIT_AUDIO) != 0)
        {
            MessageBox(NULL, "Could not initialize SDL.", "Error", MB_OK | MB_ICONERROR);
            return 1;
        }
    
        // code
    
    }
    A portable way would be to use SDL in conjunction with wxWidgets, although I am not certain exactly how you would do that (haven't tried it myself).

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