Display a message boxTag(s): AWT
If using Swing then look at the JOptionPane component.
With plain AWT, this simple class can be used as a Message Box.
import java.awt.*; import java.awt.event.*; public class MsgBox extends Dialog implements ActionListener { private Button ok,can; public boolean isOk = false; /* * @param frame parent frame * @param msg message to be displayed * @param okcan true : ok cancel buttons, false : ok button only */ MsgBox(Frame frame, String msg, boolean okcan){ super(frame, "Message", true); setLayout(new BorderLayout()); add("Center",new Label(msg)); addOKCancelPanel(okcan); createFrame(); pack(); setVisible(true); } MsgBox(Frame frame, String msg){ this(frame, msg, false); } void addOKCancelPanel( boolean okcan ) { Panel p = new Panel(); p.setLayout(new FlowLayout()); createOKButton( p ); if (okcan == true) createCancelButton( p ); add("South",p); } void createOKButton(Panel p) { p.add(ok = new Button("OK")); ok.addActionListener(this); } void createCancelButton(Panel p) { p.add(can = new Button("Cancel")); can.addActionListener(this); } void createFrame() { Dimension d = getToolkit().getScreenSize(); setLocation(d.width/3,d.height/3); } public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae){ if(ae.getSource() == ok) { isOk = true; setVisible(false); } else if(ae.getSource() == can) { setVisible(false); } } public static void main(String args[]){ Frame f = new Frame(); f.setSize(200,200); f.setVisible(true); MsgBox message = new MsgBox (f , "Hey you user, are you sure ?", true); if (message.isOk) System.out.println("Ok pressed"); if (!message.isOk) System.out.println("Cancel pressed"); message.dispose(); } }