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Re: (2) display dialog: limited size?
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Re: (2) display dialog: limited size?


  • Subject: Re: (2) display dialog: limited size?
  • From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2003 11:30:17 -0800

On 3/9/03 9:29 AM, "Philippe GRUCHET" <email@hidden> wrote:

> Mach-O 10.2.4:
>
> The 'display dialog' command seems to always return the AXSize
> attribute to w=325 h=224 as maximum values to display the contents of
> the dialog.
> (Checked with "UIElementInspector".)
>
> Is it the hard-coded limited size?
> If yes, the height (224) is really insufficient = the dialog is often
> truncated!
>
> Or, is it just me?

display dialog is limited to 255 characters. It won't be truncated if you
confine yourself to 255 characters.

'choose from list' is a different story. It now seems to truncate long items
at the slightest provocation. The way around that is to add about 10 spaces
" " to your longest item. That will display all the real text plus
a "...". Make sure to include the 10 spaces when looking for result item(s).

--
Paul Berkowitz
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