Question

Is there a way to display a message box from a batch file (similar to how xmessage can be used from bash-scripts in Linux)?

Answer 1

I would make a very simple VBScript file and call it using CScript to parse the command line parameters.

Something like the following saved in MessageBox.vbs:

Set objArgs = WScript.Arguments messageText = objArgs(0) MsgBox messageText 

Which you would call like:

cscript MessageBox.vbs 'This will be shown in a popup.' 

MsgBox reference if you are interested in going this route.