Dialog

A dialog.

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Methods:

destroy, extractLabel, getElements, insertLabel, show, toSource, toSpecifier

Objects:

Boolean, DialogColumns, Number, Object, String

Property Listing

Property	Type	Access	Description
canCancel	Boolean	read/write	If true, creates a Cancel button in the dialog that allows users to close the dialog without saving any selections. If false, the dialog contains an OK button but no Cancel button.
dialogColumns	DialogColumns DialogColumn	readonly	A collection of dialog columns.
id	Number	readonly	The unique ID of the Dialog.
index	Number	readonly	The index of the Dialog within its containing object.
label	String	read/write	A property that can be set to any string.
name	String	read/write	The name of the Dialog.
parent	Application	readonly	The parent of the Dialog (a Application).
properties	Object	read/write	A property that allows setting of several properties at the same time.

Method Listing

undefined destroy ()

Destroys the dialog object. Note: Dialog objects remain in memory until you destroy them or quit the program.

String extractLabel (key:String)

Gets the label value associated with the specified key.

Parameter	Type	Description
key	String	The key.

Dialog getElements ()

Resolves the object specifier, creating an array of object references.

undefined insertLabel (key:String, value:String)

Sets the label to the value associated with the specified key.

Parameter	Type	Description
key	String	The key.
value	String	The value.

Boolean show ()

Displays the dialog.

String toSource ()

Generates a string which, if executed, will return the Dialog.

String toSpecifier ()

Retrieves the object specifier.

Object of

DialogColumn.parent

Return

Dialog.getElements()

Dialogs.anyItem()

Dialogs.everyItem()

Dialogs.nextItem()

Dialogs.previousItem()

Dialogs.itemByID()

Dialogs.itemByName()

Dialogs.itemByRange()

Dialogs.firstItem()

Dialogs.lastItem()

Dialogs.middleItem()