Confirm (Function)

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Characteristics of dialog box
Line break in the dialog box
Various
Emulation

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Confirm (Function)

In french: Confirmer

Displays a message in a standard dialog box that proposes "Yes", "No", "Cancel" and returns the user's choice.

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

WINDEV allows you to apply the skin template of your project to this dialog box. See Customizing the dialog boxes for more details.

Versions 15 and later

This function is now available for the Android applications.

New in version 15

This function is now available for the Android applications.

Versions 16 and later

This function is now available for the WINDEV applications in Linux.

New in version 16

This function is now available for the WINDEV applications in Linux.

Versions 17 and later

This function is now available for the iPhone/iPad applications.

New in version 17

This function is now available for the iPhone/iPad applications.

Versions 18 and later

This function is now available in Windows Store apps mode.

New in version 18

This function is now available in Windows Store apps mode.

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.

Versions 24 and later

This function is now available in Ajax mode.

New in version 24

This function is now available in Ajax mode.

Example

Res is int
NextTitle("Modifying the form")
Res = Confirm("Some modifications have been made to the form.", ...
"Do you want to save them before exiting from the form?")
SWITCH Res
CASE Yes: SaveForm() // Backup process
CASE No: Close()
CASE Cancel: ReturnToCapture()
END

Res is boolean
Res = Confirm("Do you want to load this page?")
IF Res = True THEN
// User validation
ELSE
// No user validation
ReturnToCapture("BTNVALID")
END

Syntax

Displaying a Confirm dialog box Hide the details

<Result> = Confirm([<Selected button>,] <Text> [, <Line 2> [, ... [, <Line n>]]])

<Result>: Integer constant

Identifies the button selected by the user:
No 0 The [NO] button was chosen by the user
Yes 1 The [YES] button was chosen by the user
Cancel 2 The [CANCEL] button was chosen by the user

<Selected button>: Optional integer constant

Button selected by default in the dialog box:
No 0 selected by default
Yes
(Default value) 1 selected by default
Cancel 2 selected by default

<Text>: Character string (with quotes)

Text to display.

<Row 2>: Optional character strings (with quotes)

Text displayed on the following lines.

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

Text displayed on the following lines.

Displaying a Confirm dialog box on the browser Hide the details

<Result> = Confirm(<Text> [, <Line 2> [, ... [, <Line n>]]])

<Result>: Boolean

True if the user validated,
False otherwise.

<Text>: Unicode character string (with quotes)

Text to display.

<Row 2>: Optional Unicode string (with quotes)

Text displayed on the following lines.

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

Text displayed on the following lines.

Remarks

Characteristics of dialog box

The message is aligned to left.
The captions of buttons depend on runtime language of Windows (or on the runtime language of browser for a WEBDEV site).
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 in a WINDEV application, question mark in a WEBDEV application) cannot be modified.

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.

To customize this dialog box (as well as all system dialog boxes of your application), check "Apply the theme of skin template to the system information windows" in the "Style" tab of project description. See Customizing the dialog boxes for more details.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 project description. See Customizing the dialog boxes for more details.

Versions 16 and later

To customize this dialog box (as well as all system dialog boxes of your site), check "Apply the skin to the dialog boxes (Info, YesNon, Confirm, ...)" in the "Style" tab of project description.

New in version 16

To customize this dialog box (as well as all system dialog boxes of your site), check "Apply the skin to the dialog boxes (Info, YesNon, Confirm, ...)" in the "Style" tab of project description.

Line break in the dialog box

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

Confirm("The XXX form was modified." + CR + ...
"Do you want to save it before exiting?")

is equivalent to:

Confirm("The XXX form was modified.", ...
"Do you want to save it before exiting?")

Various

The timers (TimerSys) are not stopped during the call to this function.
The events are not stopped during the call to this function.
When typing the function in the code editor, you have the ability to use the code wizard. Depending on the characteristics entered in the wizard, the function used can be different in the code that is automatically generated.
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.
Versions 20 and later
If your project is using cached sessions, this function must not be used in the "Initializing the project" process. This function must be used in the "Initializing the project after connection to the site" process.
New in version 20
If your project is using cached sessions, this function must not be used in the "Initializing the project" process. This function must be used in the "Initializing the project after connection to the site" process.
If your project is using cached sessions, this function must not be used in the "Initializing the project" process. This function must be used in the "Initializing the project after connection to the site" process.
This function must not be used:
- in the process for resizing windows. Otherwise, the application will be locked.
- in the process for changing the orientation of windows.
- in the "Move to the foreground" process associated with the project.
  Note: However, the function can be used in the "Move to the foreground" process of a window.
- in a thread.

Emulation

A confirmation message can be emulated by EmulateConfirm.

Component : wd240obj.dll