InfoBuild (Function)

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Features of the dialog box

Special cases

Emulation

Application in the background: Specific case from Android 10

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InfoBuild (Function)

In french: InfoConstruit

Displays a custom message in a system information window.

To close the window, the user must click OK.

WINDEV allows you to apply the skin template of your project to this dialog box. For more details, see Customizing dialog boxes.

Example

User_Name is string = "Florence"

NextTitle("Welcome")
InfoBuild("Hello %1" + CR + "Welcome!", User_Name)

Syntax

InfoBuild(<Format string> [, <Parameter 1> [... [, <Parameter N>]]])

<Format string>: Character string

Character string to display containing optional parameters (%1 to %n). To display the % character in the final string, this character must be typed twice (%%).

<Parameter 1>: Optional character string

First parameter that will be inserted into the formatted character string.
<Parameter 1> will replace the %1 character, <Parameter 2> will replace the %2 character, etc.
The number of specified parameters must be equal to or greater than the number of parameters used in <Format string>.
If <Format string> contains more parameters, the additional parameters will be replaced with empty strings.

<Parameter N>: Optional character string

Nth parameter that will be inserted into the formatted character string.
<Parameter 1> will replace the %1 character, <Parameter 2> will replace the %2 character, etc.
The number of specified parameters must be equal to or greater than the number of parameters used in <Format string>.
If <Format string> contains more parameters, the additional parameters will be replaced with empty strings.

Remarks

Features of the 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 modify or define the title of dialog box, use NextTitle.

The message is aligned to the 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 as parameter, it will be truncated.
The icon displayed (information tooltip) cannot be modified.

To customize this dialog box (and all the system dialog boxes in your application), check "Customize system windows (Info, YesNo, Confirm, Dialog)" in the "Style" tab of the project description. For more details, see Customizing dialog boxes.

To customize this dialog box (and all the system dialog boxes in your site), check "Apply the skin to the dialog boxes (YesNo and OKCancel)" in the "Skin" tab of the project description window.

Special cases

Timers (TimerSys) and Windows events are not stopped when this function is called.
You can use the code wizard to enter the function in the code editor. Depending on the characteristics entered in the wizard, the function used can be different in the code that is automatically generated.
DelayBeforeClosing limits how long the message is displayed. The dialog box is automatically closed. For question or confirmation dialog boxes, the default button corresponds to the expected answer.
The text of the buttons is displayed in the system language.
This function must not be used:
- in the event "Resizing" of the window. Otherwise, the application will be locked.
- in the event "Changing the orientation" of the window.
- in the event "Move to the foreground" associated with the project.
  Remark: However, the function can be used in the event "Move to the foreground" of a window.
- in a thread.

Emulation

A system information window can be emulated by EmulateInfo.

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.

InfoBuild 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.

For more details, see Android 10: Behavior of applications in the background.

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