OKCancel (Function)

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Characteristics of dialog box
Line break in the dialog box
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OKCancel (Function)

In french: OKAnnuler

Displays a message in a standard dialog box that proposes "OK" and "Cancel" and returns the user's choice.

To close the window, the user must validate one of the buttons.

Versions 15 and later

This function is now available for Android applications.

New in version 15

This function is now available for Android applications.

Versions 17 and later

This function is now available for iPhone/iPad applications.

New in version 17

This function is now available for iPhone/iPad applications.

Versions 21 and later

This function is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

New in version 21

This function is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

Example

// Delete a line with confirmation (yes by default)
IF OKCancel("Delete this record?") THEN
HDelete(CUSTOMER)
END

// Choice used to exit from the program
IF OKCancel("Do you want to exit from the program?") = Yes THEN
Close()
END

// 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

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:
False The "Cancel" button was chosen by the user.
True The "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 on the following lines.

<Line N>: Optional character string

Text displayed on the following lines.

Remarks

Characteristics of dialog box

The title of the dialog box corresponds to the title of the current window (or page).
To comply with the system specifications, the title of dialog box is empty by default. To define this title, use NextTitle. 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 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 in 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

Miscellaneous

Timers (TimerSys) are not stopped during the call to this function.
DelayBeforeClosing limits the time required to display 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.
This function must not be used:
- in the event "Resizing" of the window. Otherwise, the application will be locked.
- in the event "Changing of orientation" of the window.
- in the event "Placing in foreground" associated with the project.
  Remark: However, the function can be used in the event "Placing in foreground" of a window.
- in a thread.

Business / UI classification : UI Code

Component : wd250obj.dll