Info (Function)

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Features of the dialog box

Line break in the dialog box

Special cases

Application in the background: Specific case from Android 10

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Info (Function)

In french: Info

Displays a custom message in a system information window.

Remarks:

This is a blocking information window. To continue running the application, the user must validate this window by clicking OK.
To avoid blocking the application, use InfoAsynchronous.

Example

User_Name is string
User_Name = "Florence"
Info("Hello" + User_Name, "Welcome!")

Syntax

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

<Text>: Character string

Text to display.

<Line 2>: Optional character string

Text displayed on the next line.

<Line n>: Optional character string

Text displayed in the following lines.

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 captions of buttons depend 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 entire string is displayed, regardless of its size.
The icon displayed (information tooltip) 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:

Info("The XXX form was modified." + CR + "This form will be saved.")

is equivalent to:

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

You also have the ability to use the syntax of multiline strings. For example:

Info(
[
The XXX form has been modified.

This form will be saved.
])

Special cases

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

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.

Info 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.

Component: wd270obj.dll