from Tkinter import * from tkMessageBox import * def callback(): if askyesno('Verify', 'Do you really want to quit?'): showwarning('Yes', 'Quit not yet implemented') else: showinfo('No', 'Quit has been cancelled') errmsg = 'Sorry, no Spam allowed!' Button(text='Quit', command=callback).pack(fill=X) Button(text='Spam', command=(lambda: showerror('Spam', errmsg))).pack(fill=X) mainloop()