Setting specific size to the answer windows

[Pistris]

Hi Guys
Is there any parameter i can pass to the with the answer command to specify the size of the window

am getting very big windows even though my message is very short and it does not look good
also can i center the buttons and the text

i tried looking in the dictionary but found nothing.

Edd

[jmburnod]

Hi Edd,
answer dialog is a stack that you can find in the livecode.app
open the package of you livecode.app.
The stack is here :
content/tools/toolset/palette/revanswerdialog.rev
I have never modified but I think this works
You can also use a group as answer dialog
Best regards
Jean-Marc

[Pistris]

Thankyou so much
am gonna modify it so i can pass size parameters too

edd.

[golive]

Hi Edd,
answer dialog is a stack that you can find in the livecode.app
open the package of you livecode.app.
The stack is here :
content/tools/toolset/palette/revanswerdialog.rev
I have never modified but I think this works
You can also use a group as answer dialog
Best regards
Jean-Marc

In Windows it is here:
C:\Program Files (x86)\RunRev\LiveCode 7.0.6\Toolset\palettes

I would like to make a simple change.
When I open the stack, there is no code in the script.
How do I make a change?

BTW I made a copy of the stack. When I tried to open it, it gave lots of warning messages.
So then I opened the original. But I don't see any code. So I dont know how to make my change.

Anyone have any ideas?

[SparkOut]

Jean-Marc already mentioned using a group as an answer dialogue. It would be simpler by far to create your own answer dialogue by making your customisations to a group or substack and showing/hiding it.

[golive]

Do you see any script lines if you open:

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revanswerdialog.rev

I don't and would like to know how to see the code.

[Simon]

HI golive,
In the menubar
View > Livecode UI Elements in Lists

Simon

[golive]

HI golive,
In the menubar
View > Livecode UI Elements in Lists

Simon

Hi Simon
Thanks. I checked that as you instructed.

But there is still no code lines to see:

I expected to see code to make the answer dialogue work.

Am I looking in the wrong place?

[Simon]

Hi golive,
The scripts are not in the stack but in the card.
And you do understand that I have no idea if this will work once made into a standalone, just showing you the scripts.

Simon

[golive]

Hi golive,
The scripts are not in the stack but in the card.
And you do understand that I have no idea if this will work once made into a standalone, just showing you the scripts.

Simon

OIC, thanks. I see the code now.

I want to make a change: put the text onto the clipboard when the user clicks OK.

Something like:

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on revCleanUpAnswerDialog
   #-------------------------------
   #golive - put info on clipboard
   set the clipboardData["text"] to the title of this stack&cr&the text of field 1
   #-------------------------------

Can I just go ahead and change revanswerdialog.rev?
Or is there a better way?

[Simon]

Hi golive,
Pretty much you shouldn't be changing things in the rev... stacks. I don't know if you think you have to but almost always you don't. There is only one case I see it as useful and it's not in the answer dialog.

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on mouseUp
   answer "Are you sure" with "OK" and "Cancel"
   put it
end mouseUp

Simon

[jacque]

Simon is right, it isn't wise to alter the IDE stacks, the repercussions will haunt you later. But you don't need the clipboard change anyway. The title of the stack is always "Answer Dialog" and the text of field 1 will be whatever prompt you sent to it, which your handler already knows.

The location of the buttons are mapped to the standard interface conventions for each OS, which is what your users will expect.