closing one custom dialog box while keeping another one open - FDK

Question

Hi,In my FDK client, I have a costume dialog box (main dialog box) that clicking one of its buttons opens another custom dialog box (second dialog box) while the main dialog box is still open. What I want is that when the user clicks OK in the second dialog box, it closes just the second dialog box. But when the user clicks the OK button in the second dialog box, FrameMaker closes both dialog boxes. In my "F_ApiDialogEvent" function, I used the "F_ApiClose" function and passed it to the second dialog box's ID. But, the result was the same; pressing the close button closes both dialog boxes immediately. Any help regarding this issue will be appreciated.Sanam

Russ Ward · Accepted Answer

Hi Sanam, you may need the following statement in the dialog event for the first dialog box that opens the second dialog box:

F_ApiReturnValue(FR_ModalStayUp); //keep dialog box from closing

Here is an example. The function names will not mean anything to you... the important part is that this is in the dialog event for a "first" dialog box, where the ssp_RenameItem_SchemeEditor() function opens a second dialog box. The F_ApiReturnValue(FR_ModalStayUp) statement forces the first dialog box to stay open after the user closes the second one and that function exits.

VoidT F_ApiDialogEvent(dlgNum, itemNum, modifiers)

. . .

      else if(itemNum == ssp_DLG_1_VALUES_LIST_SCR_BOX)
      {
        if(doubleClick == True)
          ssp_RenameItem_SchemeEditor(ssp_VALUE, "Revised value?");

        ssp_RefreshSchemeEditor(ssp_AS_IS, ssp_AS_IS, ssp_AS_IS, ssp_AS_IS, False);
        F_ApiReturnValue(FR_ModalStayUp); //keep dialog box from closing
      }

I hope this helps.

Russ

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