Author Topic: Is there a MsgBox dialogue equivalent in the Macro langauge  (Read 5830 times)

cappy2112

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Is there a MsgBox dialogue equivalent in the Macro langauge
« on: January 18, 2007, 08:16:28 PM »

I want to display a message to the user. Is there a dialog that is equivalent (or similar) to the Windows Msgbox, or do I have to just write my own?
Ideally, it should have an OK, cancel, and or Yes/No buttons

thanks

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Re: Is there a MsgBox dialogue equivalent in the Macro langauge
« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2007, 08:22:12 PM »
@see builtins.e
_message_box(_str string,_str title="SlickEdit",int mb_flags=MB_OK|MB_ICONEXCLAMATION);

It's documented: 'help _message_box' on cmdline

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Re: Is there a MsgBox dialogue equivalent in the Macro langauge
« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2007, 11:06:41 PM »
@see builtins.e
_message_box(_str string,_str title="SlickEdit",int mb_flags=MB_OK|MB_ICONEXCLAMATION);

It's documented: 'help _message_box' on cmdline

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Thanks for the reply
I've spent a lot of time in the helpfile already. What's with the leading underscores?
No wonder I didn't find it in the help file.
« Last Edit: January 18, 2007, 11:12:48 PM by cappy2112 »

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Re: Is there a MsgBox dialogue equivalent in the Macro langauge
« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2007, 11:23:09 PM »
The leading underscores ... I guess they are related to the long history of the product ;)
But as long as they are documented it's not that important.

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