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Re: Help using dialog
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Re: Help using dialog


  • Subject: Re: Help using dialog
  • From: "Marc K. Myers" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 18:16:19 -0400
  • Organization: [very little]

> Subject: Help using dialog.
> Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 11:08:14 +0200
> From: Andrea Riciputi <email@hidden>
> To: "AppleScript Mailing List" <email@hidden>
>
> Hi there,
> I'm trying to use a dialog to display a rather long string, such as:
>
> # idx r brill rho
> brill_m rho_m
>
> The string has to be displayed all on the same line, but I'm not able to
> obtain this with:
>
> display dialog long_string
>
> Any suggestion??

Try using the Dialog Director scripting addition, which allows you to
control the formatting of dialogs. The "display dialog" command doesn't
give you any such controls.

Marc K. Myers <email@hidden>
http://AppleScriptsToGo.com
4020 W.220th St.
Fairview Park, OH 44126
(440) 331-1074

[6/26/01 6:15:39 PM]


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