flashMessage

Generic function displaying a message without stopping program execution

//	FileName:	flashMessage(sMsg, nTime, sTitl, Type).js
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
if (WScript.ScriptName == "flashMessage.js") 
    flashMessage("Greetings to ya all!", 3, "DEMOING SELF", "i");

// ======================== FUNCTION ==================================
function flashMessage(sMsg, nTime, sTitl, Type) {

//	Author:		Branimir Petrovic
//	Date:		25 July 2001
//
//	Will popup (if run by WScript.exe) or echo (if run by CScript.exe)
//	sMsg message nTime seconds.
//
//	Optional parameter "Type" is not case sensitive, 
//	can be a number or a string like: 
//
//		(number) 16 OR
//			"C", "CRITICAL", "CRITICAL_MARK"		
//			"S", "STOP", "STOP_MARK"
//
//		(number) 32 OR
//		"Q", "QUESTION", "QUESTION_MARK"
//		
//		(number) 48 OR
//		"E", EXCLAMATION", "EXCLAMATION_MARK"	
//
//		(number) 64 OR
//		"I", "INFORMATION", "INFORMATION_MARK"

	var STOP_MARK = 16;
	var QUESTION_MARK = 32;
	var EXCLAMATION_MARK = 48;
	var INFORMATION_MARK = 64;

	var nType;

	if (typeof(Type) == "undefined" ) {
	    nType = 0;
	} else {
		if (isNaN(parseInt(Type))) {
			//	"Type" is string, choose appropriate mark to show
			Type = Type.toUpperCase();

			switch (Type) {
				case "C" :
				case "CRITICAL" :
				case "CRITICAL_MARK" :	
				case "S" :
				case "STOP" :
				case "STOP_MARK" : 
					nType = 16;
					break;
				case "Q" :
				case "QUESTION" :
				case "QUESTION_MARK" :
					nType = 32;
					break;
				case "E" :
				case "EXCLAMATION" :
				case "EXCLAMATION_MARK" : 
					nType = 48;
					break;
				case "I" :
				case "INFORMATION" :
				case "INFORMATION_MARK" :
					nType = 64;
					break;
				default :
					nType = 0;
			}
		} 
		
		else {
			// "Type" is Integer, choose appropriate mark to show	
			nType = parseInt(Type);

			switch (nType) {
				case STOP_MARK :
					break;
				case QUESTION_MARK :
					break;
				case EXCLAMATION_MARK :
					break;
				case INFORMATION_MARK :
					break;
				default :
					nType = 0;
			}
		}
	}


	if (isCScript()) WScript.Echo(sMsg);
	else {
	var oShell	 = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");
		oShell.Popup(sMsg, nTime, sTitl, nType);	
	}				// when nTime==0 popup will not timeout

	function isCScript() {
		var sHost = WScript.FullName.toUpperCase(); 
		var sScriptHost = sHost.indexOf("CSCRIPT.EXE")>0 ? "CSCRIPT.EXE":"WSCRIPT.EXE";
		return (sScriptHost == "CSCRIPT.EXE");
	}	
}	//	---	end of flashMessage() function -----------------------