Document::AlertChanges

Section: ET++ method description (n)
Updated: automatically Fri Mar 15 14:13:05 1991
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NAME

Document::AlertChanges - instance method  

TEMPLATE

showAlert = bool AlertChanges()  

SPECIFIERS

public virtual  

DESCRIPTION

AlertChanges is called before the document is closed by the method Close or a new document is loaded by the method Open. Its purpose is to find out whether the document has unsaved changes and therefore to show the "Save changes to .." alert.
If AlertChanges returns TRUE, then the method Close and the method Open display the alert which allows the user to decide whether to save the changes or cancel the operation. If the return value is FALSE the alert is not shown and possible changes are discarded. Method is rarely overridden.  

ARGUMENTS

none

 

RETURN ARGUMENT

bool showAlert

indicates whether to show an alert about unsaved changes
 

CATEGORIES

change management, overrider interface

 

FIRST DEFINITION

class Document  

FILES

implementation:
Document.C


 

Index

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TEMPLATE
SPECIFIERS
DESCRIPTION
ARGUMENTS
RETURN ARGUMENT
CATEGORIES
FIRST DEFINITION
FILES

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