Re: Adding to standard dialogs
In 4.0 the dialogdata property is a full fledged data object and can be multi-dimensional, easily converted back and forth into an array. This simplifies creating complex dialog boxes with many parameters. Before 4.0, complex systems needed to be created to get multiple data blocks, some with multiple lines and sensitive formatting, "through the eye of the needle". All the parameters had to be sent in an exact order as well, and contributed to many scripting errors. This simple change in dialogdata has made a world of difference in the way I create dialog boxes. A technique I use to extend the usefulness of a dialog is using some extra tags I've created to use in addition to the htmltext property. Often I need to package formatted text in a field in a dialog, but I require more than the htmltext property will allow, like centering, textcolor and backgroundcolor (of the entire field), but I want all of the properties to be described in the htmltext. After the last line of the gathered htmlText, I add name-value pairs like this: As it turns out, if you set the htmltext of a field and include tags it doesn't know about, Rev just silently ignores those tags and only changes what it knows. So first, I'll parse out the extra tags and process them after first setting the htmlText. Works like a champ - keeps all display parameters in one block of text, rather that spread out in two or more areas. On 18 May 2010 13:33, Bob Sneidar wrote: > There is no way to add to the present ask and answer dialogs. But there's > nothing to prevent you from making your own! See the dialogdata in the > documentation for methods to send data back and forth between your custom > dialog window and your application. You get and set the dialogdata (a global > property) as you please. I don't even think there is any reason why you > could not use an array. > > I would recommend having all your dialog windows as cards in a special > stack. You can lock the screen, open them modally, set things up the way you > want, and then show and hide the stack. Once the user clicks whatever ok or > cancel or other button, you set the dialog data according to the contents of > the particular dialog, then hide or close the stack. > > Bob > > > On May 17, 2010, at 8:07 PM, Paul D. DeRocco wrote: > > > Is there any way to modify the standard file open/save dialogs, to add > > things like checkboxes? > > > > -- > > > > Ciao, Paul D. DeRocco > > Paulmailto:pdero...@ix.netcom.com > > > > ___ > > use-revolution mailing list > > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > > ___ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > -- - Stephen Barncard Back home in SF ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Adding to standard dialogs
One *could* make a great ask/answer file dialog from scratch, complete with the 'correct' icons that would be very close to the standard. Do a search of Rev archives for 'Directory Walker' . There are many, many threads about this. *You could use a datagrid and lay it out any way you want.* On 18 May 2010 14:20, J. Landman Gay wrote: > Bob Sneidar wrote: > >> There is no way to add to the present ask and answer dialogs. But >> there's nothing to prevent you from making your own! >> > > Yup. But Paul wanted to know about open/save file dialogs. Unfortunately > there's no way to modify those. > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > > ___ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > -- - Stephen Barncard Back home in SF ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Adding to standard dialogs
Silly me. Same principle applies though. It's one of the reasons I like hypercoding so much. You can fairly easily make things look pretty much like anything you want. I wrote a Monopoly stack once in my Hypercard heyday. There was no color at the time though, so I gave it up. Bob On May 18, 2010, at 2:20 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > Bob Sneidar wrote: >> There is no way to add to the present ask and answer dialogs. But >> there's nothing to prevent you from making your own! > > Yup. But Paul wanted to know about open/save file dialogs. Unfortunately > there's no way to modify those. > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > ___ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Adding to standard dialogs
Bob Sneidar wrote: There is no way to add to the present ask and answer dialogs. But there's nothing to prevent you from making your own! Yup. But Paul wanted to know about open/save file dialogs. Unfortunately there's no way to modify those. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Adding to standard dialogs
There is no way to add to the present ask and answer dialogs. But there's nothing to prevent you from making your own! See the dialogdata in the documentation for methods to send data back and forth between your custom dialog window and your application. You get and set the dialogdata (a global property) as you please. I don't even think there is any reason why you could not use an array. I would recommend having all your dialog windows as cards in a special stack. You can lock the screen, open them modally, set things up the way you want, and then show and hide the stack. Once the user clicks whatever ok or cancel or other button, you set the dialog data according to the contents of the particular dialog, then hide or close the stack. Bob On May 17, 2010, at 8:07 PM, Paul D. DeRocco wrote: > Is there any way to modify the standard file open/save dialogs, to add > things like checkboxes? > > -- > > Ciao, Paul D. DeRocco > Paulmailto:pdero...@ix.netcom.com > > ___ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Adding to standard dialogs
Is there any way to modify the standard file open/save dialogs, to add things like checkboxes? -- Ciao, Paul D. DeRocco Paulmailto:pdero...@ix.netcom.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
