BUTIL
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BUTIL MSGBOX read: type [buttons] [ ; text ; title ; maxtime [timestep ; xpos ; ypos ; monitor ; defaultbutton ]
BUTIL MSGBOXEX args: 'type [buttonlist]' 'text' [ 'title' 'maxtime [timestep]' 'xpos' 'ypos' 'monitor' 'defaultbutton' ]
arg | description | default |
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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 for type USERDEFINED .
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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 and starts with index 1. | 1 |