OS/2 Procedures Language 2/REXX


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RxMessageBox

 
 Function: RxMessageBox 
 Syntax:   action = RxMessageBox(text, [title], [button], [icon]) 
      text      The text of the message that appears in the message box. 
      title     The title of the message box.  The default title is 
                "Error". 
      The style of buttons used with the message box.  The allowed styles 
      are: 
           OK                    A single OK button. 
           OKCANCEL              An OK button and a Cancel button. 
           CANCEL                A single Cancel button. 
           ENTER                 A single Enter button. 
           ENTERCANCEL           An Enter button and a Cancel button. 
           RETRYCANCEL           A Retry button and a Cancel button. 
           ABORTRETRYIGNORE      An Abort button, a Retry button and an 
                                 Ignore button. 
           YESNO                 A Yes button and a No button. 
           YESNOCANCEL           A Yes button, a No button and a Cancel 
                                 button. 
                The default button style is OK. 
      icon      The style of icon displayed in the message box.  The 
                allowed styles are: 
           NONE                No icon is displayed. 
           HAND                The hand icon is displayed. 
           QUESTION            A question mark icon is displayed. 
           EXCLAMATION         An exclamation mark icon is displayed. 
           ASTERISK            An asterisk icon is displayed. 
           INFORMATION         The information icon is displayed. 
           QUERY               The query icon is displayed. 
           WARNING             The warning icon is displayed. 
           ERROR               The error icon is displayed. 
      action    The button that was selected on the message box. Possible 
                values are: 
           1         OK key 
           2         Cancel key 
           3         Abort key 
           4         Retry key 
           5         Ignore key 
           6         Yes key 
           7         No key 
           8         Enter 
 Purpose:  Display a message box from a REXX program running in an OS/2 
           session (that is, running in PMREXX or called from a 
           Presentation Manager* application). 
 

 Examples:
 
                                        /* Give option to quit        */
   if RxMessageBox("Shall we continue",, "YesNo", "Query") = 7
     Then Exit                          /* quit option given, exit    */
 
   

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