Re: Newbie: non-modal dialog boxes, multi-line text fields
Re: Newbie: non-modal dialog boxes, multi-line text fields
- Subject: Re: Newbie: non-modal dialog boxes, multi-line text fields
- From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 20:56:38 -0700
On 4/26/02 7:44 PM, "Michael Kelly" <email@hidden> wrote:
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Hello all,
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Maybe I'm venturing into an area where I'd be better served by another
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language, but I have a few questions about dialog boxes:
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First, is there a way I can make a dialog box non-modal? All the examples
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I've seen have only used modal dialog boxes, which are a bit of a pain to
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deal with.
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Second, how can I put multi-line text input fields in a dialog box?
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Specifically, can I specify the height and width of some such field? I've
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never done any "real" Macintosh programming, so I'm not sure what the rules
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are regarding which UI widgets can go in what (i.e., if it's even possible
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to stick a multi-line text field into a dialog), but it seems logical enough
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(someone please enlighten me if it's not).
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Am I trying to do too much user interaction with AS? Should I just give in
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and learn C?
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None of that comes with basic AppleScript. But it's all in AppleScript
Studio - and then some! AS Studio is only for OS X. You need Developer Tools
(free when you join ADC at Apple's Developer site), but your users don't,
just OS10.1x.
If you're staying in OS 9, then you need the scripting addition Dialog
Director. (Akua Sweets can do some of it, but DD is devoted to it). Your
users will also have to have DD, but it's free and easy to get at
http://www.osaxen.com .
--
Paul Berkowitz
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