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- Objective:
- Learn how to bring up an "Alert Panel"
- Learn what a "modal" window is and how it is used.
- Learn how to make calls to NeXT supplied "C" library roulines.
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- Summary:
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- Complexity:
- number of message statements: 0
- lines of C code: 3
- lines of postscript: 0
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- Terms: model
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- Discussion:
- A model window is one that will not allow the user to do anything else in the application until
- a response is given.
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- Method:
- Create subclass of Object called "MyObject" and instanciate it. Add one action method called
- "alert:" Add one button the the main window and then make a connection from the button to
- the instance of your object. Do an "unparse from the Class editor and then add the following to
- the action method for "alert" in the MyObject file.
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- int answer;
- answer = NXRunAlertPanel("Title", "Message", "Default", "Option One", "Option Two");
- printf("Answer = %d\n", answer);
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- Further Questions:
- What happens when you try to use the main "info", "hide" or "quit" menus whild the Alert panel
- is up?
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