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Dialogs help
Real API_Dialog_ShowAbout (Real Parent Window, String Title, String Text, Real Bitmap);
This function shows an about box.
Return value:
Returns 1.
String API_Dialog_GetString (Real Parent Window, String Title, String Text, String Initial value);
This function shows a box to get a string from the user.
Return value:
Returns the entered string.
Real API_Dialog_GetNumber (Real Parent Window, String Title, String Text, Real Initial value);
This function shows a box to get a real value from the user.
Return value:
Returns the integer.
Real API_Dialog_MessageBox (Real Window, String Text, String Caption, Real Flags);
This function shows a message box.
These are the flags:
MB_ABORTRETRYIGNORE
The message box contains three push buttons: Abort, Retry, and Ignore.
MB_CANCELTRYCONTINUE
Microsoft Windows 2000/XP: The message box contains three push buttons: Cancel, Try Again, Continue. Use this message box type instead of MB_ABORTRETRYIGNORE.
MB_HELP
Windows 95/98/Me, Windows NT 4.0 and later: Adds a Help button to the message box. When the user clicks the Help button or presses F1, the system sends a WM_HELP message to the owner.
MB_OK
The message box contains one push button: OK. This is the default.
MB_OKCANCEL
The message box contains two push buttons: OK and Cancel.
MB_RETRYCANCEL
The message box contains two push buttons: Retry and Cancel.
MB_YESNO
The message box contains two push buttons: Yes and No.
MB_YESNOCANCEL
The message box contains three push buttons: Yes, No, and Cancel.
To display an icon in the message box, specify one of the following values.
MB_ICONEXCLAMATION
An exclamation-point icon appears in the message box.
MB_ICONWARNING
An exclamation-point icon appears in the message box.
MB_ICONINFORMATION
An icon consisting of a lowercase letter i in a circle appears in the message box.
MB_ICONASTERISK
An icon consisting of a lowercase letter i in a circle appears in the message box.
MB_ICONQUESTION
A question-mark icon appears in the message box. The question-mark message icon is no longer recommended because it does not clearly represent a specific type of message and because the phrasing of a message as a question could apply to any message type. In addition, users can confuse the message symbol question mark with Help information. Therefore, do not use this question mark message symbol in your message boxes. The system continues to support its inclusion only for backward compatibility.
MB_ICONSTOP
A stop-sign icon appears in the message box.
MB_ICONERROR
A stop-sign icon appears in the message box.
MB_ICONHAND
A stop-sign icon appears in the message box.
To indicate the default button, specify one of the following values.
MB_DEFBUTTON1
The first button is the default button.
MB_DEFBUTTON1 is the default unless MB_DEFBUTTON2, MB_DEFBUTTON3, or MB_DEFBUTTON4 is specified.
MB_DEFBUTTON2
The second button is the default button.
MB_DEFBUTTON3
The third button is the default button.
MB_DEFBUTTON4
The fourth button is the default button.
To indicate the modality of the dialog box, specify one of the following values.
MB_APPLMODAL
The user must respond to the message box before continuing work in the window identified by argument0. However, the user can move to the windows of other threads and work in those windows.
Depending on the hierarchy of windows in the application, the user may be able to move to other windows within the thread. All child windows of the parent of the message box are automatically disabled, but pop-up windows are not.
MB_APPLMODAL is the default if neither MB_SYSTEMMODAL nor MB_TASKMODAL is specified.
MB_SYSTEMMODAL
Same as MB_APPLMODAL except that the message box has the WS_EX_TOPMOST style. Use system-modal message boxes to notify the user of serious, potentially damaging errors that require immediate attention (for example, running out of memory). This flag has no effect on the user's ability to interact with windows other than those associated with hWnd.
MB_TASKMODAL
Same as MB_APPLMODAL except that all the top-level windows belonging to the current thread are disabled if the hWnd parameter is NULL. Use this flag when the calling application or library does not have a window handle available but still needs to prevent input to other windows in the calling thread without suspending other threads.
To specify other options, use one or more of the following values.
MB_DEFAULT_DESKTOP_ONLY
Windows NT/2000/XP: Same as desktop of the interactive window station. For more information, see Window Stations.
Windows NT 4.0 and earlier: If the current input desktop is not the default desktop, MessageBox fails.
Windows 2000/XP: If the current input desktop is not the default desktop, MessageBox does not return until the user switches to the default desktop.
Windows 95/98/Me: This flag has no effect.
MB_RIGHT
The text is right-justified.
MB_RTLREADING
Displays message and caption text using right-to-left reading order on Hebrew and Arabic systems.
MB_SETFOREGROUND
The message box becomes the foreground window.
MB_TOPMOST
The message box is created with the WS_EX_TOPMOST window style.
MB_SERVICE_NOTIFICATION
Windows NT/2000/XP: The caller is a service notifying the user of an event. The function displays a message box on the current active desktop, even if there is no user logged on to the computer.
Return value:
Returns the integer.
Example code:
String = API_Dialog_GetString (Win,"Enter your name","Enter your name below please.","first last");
show_message ("You entered "+String);
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