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Hello everyone,

I was wondering if there is a way to have an ask interface with a pulldown menu, so as to provide a choice between predefined answers, or if you have to create it yourself.

Thank you

Buongiorno Alessio,

not build-in, but the ASK and ANSWER dialogs are just MODAL stacks, so roll your own!
Also check "dialogdata" in the dictionary.

Best

Klaus

Tanks Klaus

Hi.

What Klaus said.

It is common practice, especially with, say, order entry forms or the like, to create a small stack that can be opened and closed as needed. The nice thing about them is that you can have buttons, fields, images, whatever, on the card, and customize to your needs. And you can modify them later.

The ask and answer dialogs have very limited functionality. Their advantage is they are "native" and very easy to use.

But as Klaus said, there is really no difference between them, it is just that you have to author your own. But you only need do that once.

Craig Newman

Hi All,
Sometimes i use a group to simulate a complex ask/answer dialog.
Best
Jean-Marc

jmburnod wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 27, 2019 3:35 pm

Hi All,
Sometimes i use a group to simulate a complex ask/answer dialog.
Best
Jean-Marc

Interesting, can you give me an example?

Thanks

Whether or not you use a group, the point is that you are using another actual stack that will float over your working stack. On that stack you can place anything at all. You call it just like the native ask/answer dialogs, and dismiss it when you are done.

There is a wrinkle. A native "answer" dialog, say, places the choice you make into the "it" variable, which you then process right inside the stack you used to call it. But in the fancy stack, you must explicitly send the new information to the working stack.

Otherwise, there is no difference at all.

Craig

Hi Alessio
What Craig said
The user must select a choice and he can't click a control outside the dialog is the particularity of a dialog as ask/answer.
You can simulate this with a grc with a 50 blendlevel which trap mousemessages.
Best
Jean-Marc

Hi Alessio

Interesting, can you give me an example?

Here is one. Best regards
Jean-Marc

Craig said,

Otherwise, there is no difference at all

Yes for code, but I found one difference for an ios version which is limited to one window.
I think that is easier to simulate dialog with a group than use a custom stack.
Jean-Marc