VS:AlertQuestion

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Description

Displays an alert dialog which alerts the user to a condition or situation that requires the user's decision and input before preceding; such as an impending action with potentially destructive or irreversible consequences. The message can be in the form of a question.

FUNCTION AlertQuestion(
            question             :STRING;
            advice               :STRING;
            defaultButton        :INTEGER;
            OKOverrideText       :STRING;
            CancelOverrideText   :STRING;
            customButtonAText    :STRING;
            customButtonBText    :STRING) : INTEGER;

def vs.AlertQuestion(question, advice, defaultButton, OKOverrideText, CancelOverrideText, customButtonAText, customButtonBText):
    return INTEGER

Parameters

question		STRING		The question to display
advice		STRING		The text to be added in a smaller font under the main information/message
defaultButton		INTEGER		Specifies which button is to be made the default
OKOverrideText		STRING		Specifies a string to use in overriding the 'OK' string
CancelOverrideText		STRING		Specifies a string to use in overriding the 'Cancel' string
customButtonAText		STRING		Specifies a string to use for an optional custom button A
customButtonBText		STRING		Specifies a string to use for a second optional custom button B

Return Value

Return Values

0: the negative button was hit 1: the positive button was hit 2: custom button A was hit 3: custom button B was hit

Remarks

Examples of all of the messaging techniques:<pre>

AlertQuestion uses the exclamation icon, when really it should use the question icon.

Example

VectorScript

PROCEDURE Example;
BEGIN
AlrtDialog('AlrtDialog');
AlertInform('AlertInform', 'advice', FALSE);
AlertCritical('AlertCritical', 'advice');
Message(YNDialog('YNDialog'));
Message(AlertQuestion('question', 'advice', 1, 'ok', 'cancel', 'a', 'b'));
END;
RUN(Example);

Python

def Example():
	vs.AlrtDialog('AlrtDialog')
	vs.AlertInform('AlertInform', 'advice', False)
	vs.AlertCritical('AlertCritical', 'advice')	
	vs.Message(vs.YNDialog('YNDialog'))
	vs.Message(vs.AlertQuestion('question', 'advice', 1, 'ok', 'cancel', 'a', 'b'))
Example()

Version

Availability: from VectorWorks12.0

See Also

VS Functions:

VS:AlertInform | VS:AlertCritical

VS Functions:

[[VS:AlertInform]]

| [[VS:AlertCritical]]