InfoWithTimeout (Function)

WINDEV, WEBDEV AND WINDEV MOBILE
ONLINE HELP

Version:

Home | Sign in | English

Characteristics of dialog box
Line break in the dialog box
Special cases

WINDEV

WEBDEV

WINDEV Mobile

Others

See also

InfoWithTimeout (Function)

In french: InfoAvecDélai

Displays a custom information message inside a system info box for a specified amount of time. After the timeout, the system window is automatically closed.

Example

// Displays an information window
// with automatic closing after 10 seconds
InfoWithTimeout(1000, "Operation successful")

Syntax

InfoWithTimeout(<Timeout> , <Text> [, <Line 2> [... [, <Line n>]]])

<Timeout>: Integer ou Duration

Amount of time (expressed in hundredths of a second) before automatically closing the system information window. The minimum timeout is 1 second. This parameter can correspond to:
an integer corresponding to the number of hundredths of a second,
a Duration variable,
Versions 23 and later
the direct indication of duration (1 s or 1000 ms for example).
New in version 23
the direct indication of duration (1 s or 1000 ms for example).
the direct indication of duration (1 s or 1000 ms for example).

<Text>: Character string (with quotes)

Text to display.

<Line 2>: Optional character string (with quotes)

Text displayed on the next line.

<Line n>: Optional character string (with quotes)

Text displayed on the following lines.

Remarks

Characteristics of dialog box

The title of dialog box corresponds to the title of current window. To modify this title, use NextTitle.
The message is aligned to left.
The button caption depends on the runtime language of Windows.
The maximum number of characters cannot exceed 4096. If a larger string is passed in parameter, it will be truncated.
The icon displayed (information tooltip) cannot be modified.
To customize this dialog box (as well as all system dialog boxes of your application), check "Customize the system windows (Info, YesNo, Confirm, Dialog)" in the "Style" tab of the project description. See Customizing dialog boxes for more details.

Line break in the dialog box

The CR string (Carriage Return) can be used to force a break to the next line. For example:

InfoWithTimeout(500, "The form XXX was modified." + CR + "This form will be saved.")

is equivalent to:

InfoWithTimeout(500, "The form XXX was modified.", "This form will be saved.")

Special cases

Timers (TimerSys) are not stopped when this function is called.
Windows events are not stopped when this function is called.
DelayBeforeClosing is used to limit the display duration of the message. The dialog box is automatically closed. For the question or confirmation dialog boxes, the expected answer corresponds to the default button.
The caption of buttons is displayed in the language used by Windows on the current computer.

Component : wd250obj.dll