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+## Copyright (C) 2010 Martin Hepperle
+##
+## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+## the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+## (at your option) any later version.
+##
+## This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+## but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+## GNU General Public License for more details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+## along with this program; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function file} {@var{P} =} msgbox (@var{MESSAGE} [,@var{TITLE} [,@var{ICON}]])
+##
+## Displays the @var{MESSAGE} using a message dialog.
+## The @var{TITLE} is an optional string, which can be used to decorate the dialog caption.
+## The @var{ICON} can be used optionally to select a dialog icon.
+## It can be one of @code{'error'}, @code{'help'} or @code{'warn'}.
+## The return value is always 1.
+##
+## @end deftypefn
+## @seealso{helpdlg, questdlg, warndlg}
+
+function ret = msgbox(message,varargin)
+
+ switch length (varargin)
+ case 0
+ title = "";
+ dlg = 'emptydlg';
+ case 1
+ title = varargin{1};
+ dlg = 'emptydlg';
+ otherwise
+ % two or more arguments
+ title = varargin{1};
+ icon = varargin{2};
+ if strcmp(icon,'error') == 1
+ dlg = 'errordlg';
+ elseif strcmp(icon,'help') == 1
+ dlg = 'helpdlg';
+ elseif strcmp(icon,'warn') == 1
+ dlg = 'warndlg';
+ else
+ dlg = 'emptydlg';
+ end
+ endswitch
+
+ ret = java_invoke ('org.octave.JDialogBox', dlg, message, title );
+
+endfunction