# Perspective messageBox Ignition 8

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-messagebox-ignition-8/39457>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [October 7, 2020, 1:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-messagebox-ignition-8/39457 "2020-10-07T13:22:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![delbert\_edric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@delbert\_edric](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/delbert_edric)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 1:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-messagebox-ignition-8/39457/1 "2020-10-07T13:22:34Z")

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Hey Guys,

I have been playing around with system.perspective.sendMessage but it has not been working. I am still trying to understand the parameters to that function.  
I’ve been poking at this for quite a while but is there any system.gui.messageBox alternative in perspective?  
Thank you for your time.

Regards,  
Delbert Edric

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**Author:** ![code\_skin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@code\_skin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/code_skin)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-messagebox-ignition-8/39457/2 "2020-10-07T13:26:52Z")

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I think what you're looking for is **system.perspective.openPopup()**  
You would create a view (a coordinate container for example) and just reference that view when you call openPopup.

Link for other parameters to get fancy:

> **[system.perspective.openPopup | Ignition User Manual](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/docs/8.1/appendix/scripting-functions/system-perspective/system-perspective-openPopup)**
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> Open a popup view over the given page.

_edit_: updated doc link.

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**Author:** ![dwb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@dwb](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dwb)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-messagebox-ignition-8/39457/3 "2022-12-05T16:22:22Z")

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Hi,  
I understood that to use this openPopup function there is the need to create a new view with the message. Is that right?  
But I'd like to simply show a message, I don't want to have a new view for this.  
In vision, it would simply be: system.gui.messageBox.  
What is the alternative for this in Perspective?  
Thanks.

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-messagebox-ignition-8/39457/4 "2022-12-05T16:53:20Z")

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> [@dwb](#):
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> What is the alternative for this in Perspective?

There is no alternative for this in Perspective. Create a view for this purpose.

{ You should also avoid using those simple popups in Vision--they block all foreground threads while open. That can have surprisingly negative consequences. }