Native windows requestors

If you use windows, you may call native windows requestors. The following script permit to to call:

cscript/alert "This is an alert message"



cscript/request "Do you like Rebol?"



cscript/request-dir



cscript/request-text/prompt "Digit here what you think:"



Here is the source code:

REBOL [
    Author: "Ashley G Truter"
    File: %win-requestors.r
    Date: 29-Jun-2009
    Title: "Native Windows requestors"
            license: 'public-domain
    Purpose: {
        A set of four Windows native requestors that approximate and extend the functionality
        of the REBOL request* functions.
    }
    Usage: {
        cscript/alert text [string!]
            "Flashes an alert message to the user. Waits for a user response."
            /title title-text [string!]
        cscript/request text [string!]
            "Requests an answer to a simple question."
            /title title-text [string!]
            /ok
            /confirm
            /type [word!]
        cscript/request-dir
            "Requests a directory."
            /title text [string!]
            /dir file [file!]
            /no-make "No make option"
        cscript/request-text
            "Requests a text string be entered."
            /title title-text [string!]
            /prompt prompt-text [string!]
            /default text [string!]
    }  
]
cscript: make object! [
    *script: make function! [cmd [string!] /v] [
        write %tmp.vbs cmd
        call/wait/output/shell "cscript /nologo tmp.vbs" v: copy ""
        delete %tmp.vbs
        trim/lines v
    ]
    alert: make function! [
        "Flashes an alert message to the user. Waits for a user response."
        text [string!]
        /title title-text [string!]
    ] [
        *script rejoin [
            {WScript.Echo MsgBox(}
            mold text
            {,4144,}         ; 4096 + 48
            mold any [title-text "Dialog"]
            {)}
        ]
        true
    ]
    request: make function! [
        "Requests an answer to a simple question."
        text [string!]
        /title title-text [string!]
        /ok
        /confirm
        /type icon [word!] "Valid values are: alert, help, info, stop"
        /local v opt
    ] [
        opt: 4096 + case [   ; System-Modal
            OK       [0]     ; OK,Default-Button-1,Application-Modal
            Confirm [4]     ; Yes-No
            true     [3]     ; Yes-No-Cancel
        ]                   ; 1 OK-Cancel 2 Abort-Retry-Ignore 5 Retry-Cancel
        opt: opt + switch/default icon [
            alert   [48]     ; Exclamation
            help     [32]     ; Question
            info     [64]     ; Information
            stop     [16]     ; Critical
        ] [0]
        ;   256 Default-Button-2
        ;   512 Default-Button-3
        ;   768 Default-Button-4
        v: *script rejoin [
            {WScript.Echo MsgBox(}
            mold text
            {,} opt {,}
            mold any [title-text "Dialog"]
            {)}
        ]
        ;   1 OK
        ;   2 Cancel
        ;   3 Abort
        ;   4 Retry
        ;   5 Ignore
        ;   6 Yes
        ;   7 No
        pick reduce [true none 'Abort 'Retry 'Ignore true false] to integer! v
    ]
    request-dir: make function! [
        "Requests a directory."
        /title text [string!]
        /dir file [file!]
        /no-make "No make option"
        /local v
    ] [
        ;   &H0001 return-only-fsdirs
        ;   &H0002 dont-go-below-domain
        ;   &H0004 status-text
        ;   &H0008 return-fs-ancestors
        ;   &H0010 edit-box
        ;   &H0020 validate
        ;   &H0200 no-new-folder
        ;   &H1000 browse-for-computer
        ;   &H2000 browse-for-printer
        ;   &H4000 browse-include-files
        either empty? v: *script rejoin [
            {set s=CreateObject("Shell.Application")^/set v=s.BrowseForFolder(0,}
            mold any [text "Select a directory:"]
            either no-make [{,&H0208,}] [{,&H0008,}]
            mold either file [to-local-file file] ["c:"]
            {)^/WScript.Echo v.ParentFolder.ParseName(v.Title).Path}
        ] [none ] [dirize to-rebol-file v ]
    ]
    request-text: make function! [
        "Requests a text string be entered."
        /title title-text [string!]
        /prompt prompt-text
        /default text
    ] [
        *script rejoin [
            {v=InputBox(}
            mold any [prompt-text "Enter text below:"]
            {,}
            mold any [title-text "Dialog"]
            {,}
            mold any [text ""]
            {)^/WScript.Echo v}
        ]
    ]
]