popup

show popup dialog with given title and message and return result

Parameters

popup title :string
      message :string

Attributes

info show informational popup
warning show popup as a warning
error show popup as an error
question show popup as a question
ok show an OK dialog (default)
okCancel show an OK/Cancel dialog
yesNo show a Yes/No dialog
yesNoCancel show a Yes/No/Cancel dialog
retryCancel show a Retry/Cancel dialog
retryAbortIgnore show an Abort/Retry/Ignore dialog
literal return the literal value of the pressed button

Returns

  • :logical
  • :literal

Examples

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popup "Hello!" "This is a popup message"
; shows a message dialog with an OK button
; when the dialog is closed, it returns: true

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if popup.yesNo "Hmm..." "Are you sure you want to continue?" [
    ; a Yes/No dialog will appear - if the user clicks YES,
    ; then the function will return true; thus we can do what
    ; we want here

]

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popup.okCancel.literal "Hello" "Click on a button"
; => 'ok (if user clicked OK)
; => 'cancel (if user clicked Cancel)

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