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  • Line break in the dialog box
  • Miscellaneous
  • Application in the background: Specific case from Android 10
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Displays a message in a standard dialog box that proposes "OK" and "Cancel" and returns the user's choice.
OK / Cancel dialog
Remarks:
  • This is a blocking dialog box. To continue running the application, the user must validate one of the buttons.
    AndroidiPhone/iPad To avoid blocking the application, use OKCancelAsynchronous.
Example
Universal Windows 10 AppAndroidiPhone/iPad
// Delete a line with confirmation (yes by default)
IF OKCancel("Delete this record?") THEN
HDelete(CUSTOMER)
END
Universal Windows 10 AppAndroidiPhone/iPad
// Choice used to exit the program
IF OKCancel("Do you want to exit from the program?") = Yes THEN
Close()
END
Universal Windows 10 AppAndroidiPhone/iPad
// Ask to confirm the deletion of the file whose
// name is found in the FILE_NAME variable, with
// positioning on the "No" button in the OKCancel window
IF OKCancel(No, "Delete the file?") THEN
fDelete(FILE_NAME)
END
Syntax
Universal Windows 10 AppAndroidiPhone/iPad

Displaying an OK/Cancel dialog box Hide the details

<Result> = OKCancel([<Selected button>, ] <Text> [, <Line 2> [... [, <Line N>]]])
<Result>: Boolean
Identifies the button selected by the user:
FalseThe "Cancel" button was chosen by the user.
TrueThe "OK" button was chosen by the user.
<Selected button>: Optional boolean
Button selected by default in the dialog box:
No"Cancel" button selected by default.
True
(by default)
"OK" button selected by default.
<Text>: Character string
Text to display.
<Line 2>: Optional character string
Text displayed in the following lines.
<Line N>: Optional character string
Text displayed in the following lines.
Remarks

Features of the dialog box

  • The title of the dialog box corresponds to the title of the current window (or page).
    AndroidiPhone/iPad To comply with the system specifications, the title of dialog box is empty by default. To define this title, use NextTitle.
  • To modify or define the title of dialog box, use NextTitle.
  • The message is aligned to the left.
  • The captions of buttons depend on the runtime language of Windows.
  • The maximum number of characters cannot exceed 4096. If a larger string is passed as parameter, it will be truncated.
  • The icon displayed (exclamation mark) cannot be modified.

Line break in the dialog box

The CR string (Carriage Return) can be used to force a break to the next line. For example:
IF OKCancel("Caution: you are going to delete this record" + CR + ...
"Do you want to continue?") THEN
HDelete(CUSTOMER)
END
is equivalent to:
IF OKCancel("Caution: this record will be deleted", ...
"Do you want to continue?") THEN
HDelete(CUSTOMER)
END
You also have the ability to use the syntax of multiline strings. For example:
OKCancel(
[
Caution: you are going to delete this record.

Do you want to continue?
])
Universal Windows 10 AppAndroidiPhone/iPad

Miscellaneous

  • Timers (TimerSys) are not stopped when this function is called.
  • The text of the buttons is displayed in the system language.
  • iPhone/iPad This function must not be used:
    • in the "Resize" event of the window. Otherwise, the application will be locked.
    • in the "Change the orientation" event of the window.
    • in the "Move to the foreground" event associated with the project.
      Remark: However, the function can be used in the "Move to the foreground" event of a window.
    • in a thread.
Android

Application in the background: Specific case from Android 10

From Android 10, it is no longer possible to open a window when the application is in the background.
OKCancel can open a window. If this function is used while the application is in the background, a fatal error will occur.
Tips:
  • It is possible to determine if the application is in the background using InBackgroundMode.
  • If an application needs to interact with the user while it is in the background, the solution is to display a notification (via the Notification type). The application will be brought back to the foreground when the notification is clicked, if the ActivateApplication property is set to True. You can also open a window from the procedure passed to the ActionClick property.
Business / UI classification: UI Code
Component: wd290obj.dll
Minimum version required
  • Version 9
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Exemplo OkCancel
Exemplo OkCancel

IF OKCancel("Vamos Gravar") THEN
//Comandos
Info("Comandos")
END

//Blog com Video e exemplo
http://windevdesenvolvimento.blogspot.com.br/2016/07/curso-windev-funcoes-dialogo-2-okcancel.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECbkPsdEoIY
De matos AMARILDO
10 Jul. 2016

Last update: 02/28/2024

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