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Showmessagepos - display a string in a simple dialog at a given screen position dialogs unit

procedure ShowMessagePos ( const Text : string; const XPos, YPos : Integer ) ; Description The ShowMessagePos procedure displays a string of Text in a simple dialog with an OK button at the given XPos, YPos screen coordinates. The dialog is positioned with its top left at the given screen pixel coordinates. This dialog is used to inform the user of some information - no decision is needed by the user. Insert carriage return and line feed characters (#13#10) into the string to generate multi line message display. Related commands InputBox Display a dialog that asks for user text input, with default InputQuery Display a dialog that asks for user text input MessageDlg Displays a message, symbol, and selectable buttons MessageDlgPos Displays a message plus buttons at a given screen position PromptForFileName Shows a dialog allowing the user to select a file ShowMessage Display a string in a simple dialog with an OK button ShowMessageFmt Display formatted data in a simple dialog with an OK button Example code : Show the message dialog at default and selected screen coordinates begin // Show a simple message at the default coordinates ShowMessage('Hello World'); // Show a simple message at screen position 100, 200 ShowMessagePos('Hello World', 100, 200); end; Show full unit code The following is displayed at the screen centre: Hello World The following is displayed at position 100,200: Hello World