Programmer Guide/Macro Library/BUTIL

MsgBox and MsgBoxEx

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FileDialog

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DirectoryDialog

MsgBox

BUTIL MSGBOX type [buttonlist] [ ; text ; title ; maxtime [timestep ; xpos ; ypos ; monitor ; defaultbutton ]

BUTIL MSGBOXEX 'type [buttonlist]' 'text' [ 'title' 'maxtime [timestep]' 'xpos' 'ypos' 'monitor' 'defaultbutton' ]

Display a message box dialog.

argument	description	default
type [buttonlist]	Defines the type of the message box and the displayed buttons (see table below). The buttonlist is the blank seperated list of buttons, if type is set to USERDEFINED.
text	The text to be displayed in the message box.
title	Caption of the message box.	name of the STx application
maxtime [timestep]	If this argument is a number, it is used as timeout value in seconds. If a timeout is set, a progress bar is displayed and the message box is closed automatically after timeout seconds. The timestep is the time for the progress bar update in seconds (if <1) or milli-seconds (if ≥1). The default timestep is set to 50ms.	no timeout
xpos	Horizontal position in pixels or keyword LEFT, RIGHT, CENTER. If xpos is a number it specifies, the offset to the left (≥0) or the right (<0) side of the desktop.	depends on parent window
ypos	Vertical position in pixels or keyword TOP, BOTTOM, CENTER. If ypos is a number it specifies, the offset to the top (≥0) or the bottom (<0) of the desktop.	depends on parent window
monitor	The index (1, 2, ..) of the monitor to display the message box on.	monitor the mouse is on
defaultbutton	The index (1, 2, ..) of the default button, which will initially be receiving the focus. Buttons are numbered from left to right, starting with index 1.	1
RESULT	description
CANCEL	If the message box was closed using the close button or the [Escape]-key.
TIMEOUT	If a timeout was set and the maximum timout value was reached before a user input.
button	The name of the pressed button. Note that USERDEFINED buttons using the ampersand & to underline a letter (e.g. &Segment) return the keyword including the ampersand.

type	buttons (return values are specified in brackets)
NONE	no buttons, message box must be closed with the [Escape]-key or by using a timeout
Msg or Message	OK (okay)
OkayCancel	OK (okay), Cancel (cancel)
OkayRetryCancel	OK (okay), Retry (retry) Cancel (cancel)
YesNo	Yes (yes), No (no)
YesNoCancel	Yes (yes), No (no) Cancel (cancel)
UserDefined	buttons are defined by the argument buttonlist

FileDialog

BUTIL FILEDIALOG type [ ; title ; path ; ftype1 ; ... ]

General file dialog.

FILEOPENDIALOG [ 'title' 'path' 'ftype1' ... ]

Dialog to open an existing file

FILENEWDIALOG [ 'title' 'path' 'ftype1' ... ]

Dialog to create a new file.

argument	description	default
type	Selects the action to perform: LOAD or OPEN → open existing file SAVE or NEW → create new file	OPEN
title	The caption of the dialog window.	Select File
file	The default file or directory.	current directory
ftype1 ...	Each ftype argument defines one entry of the filetype-combobox of the dialog. Each filetype is defined by the string extension=description. Example: WAV=wave files If a ftype argument is the name of a (simple) table item, each entry of the table defines a filetype.
RESULT	description
path	The full pathname of the file to be opened or created.
empty string	If the dialog was canceled.

DirectoryDialog

BUTIL DIRECTORYDIALOG [ title ; path ; restore ; sdmode ; sdvalue ]

DIRECTORYDIALOG [ 'title' [ 'path' 'restore' 'sdmode' 'sdvalue' ]

Dialog to select a directory.

argument	description	default
type	Selects the action to perform: LOAD or OPEN → open existing file SAVE or NEW → create new file	OPEN
title	The caption of the dialog window.	Select File
file	The default file or directory.	current directory
RESULT	description
path	The full pathname of the file to be opened or created.
empty string	If the dialog was canceled.