Confirm (Function)

WINDEV, WEBDEV AND WINDEV MOBILE
ONLINE HELP

Version:

Home | Sign in | English

Characteristics of dialog box
Line break in the dialog box
Miscellaneous

WINDEV

WEBDEV

WINDEV Mobile

Others

See also

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.

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 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.

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

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 user has chosen the [CANCEL] button.

<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.

<Line 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.

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.

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?")

Miscellaneous

Timers (TimerSys) are not stopped when this function is called.
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.

Component : wd250obj.dll