Back again - minor changes to the script. I made delaySeconds default to 0. This way you can use the script exactly the same as the alert() function, except the text will use the custom font. And a added a parameter for the bgcolor, but if you don't pass it a color, it uses gray:
function AutocloseAlert(message, delaySeconds, title, bgcolor) {
title = title || "Script Alert";
delaySeconds = delaySeconds || 0
bgcolor = bgcolor || "gray";
if(delaySeconds===0){
var win = new Window("dialog", title, undefined, {closeButton:false});
}
else{
var win = new Window("palette", title, undefined, {closeButton:false});
}
win.orientation = "column";
win.alignChildren = "center";
if(bgcolor==="white"){
win.graphics.backgroundColor = win.graphics.newBrush (win.graphics.BrushType.SOLID_COLOR, [1.0, 1.0, 1.0]);
}
var msg = win.add("statictext", undefined, message);
if (delaySeconds>0){
var btn = win.add("button", undefined, "OK (" + delaySeconds + ")");
}
else{
var btn = win.add("button", undefined, "OK",{name: "ok"});
}
var cancelled = false;
// Function for button click
btn.onClick = function () {
cancelled = true;
win.close();
$.writeln("User clicked OK");
};
// Show the window
set_font (win, "Tahoma:14");
win.show();
if (delaySeconds>0){
// Countdown loop
while (delaySeconds > 0 && !cancelled) {
$.sleep(1000); // wait 1 second
delaySeconds--;
try {
if(delaySeconds > 0){
btn.text = "OK (" + delaySeconds + ")";
}
else {
btn.text = "OK";
}
//win.update(); // Force the window to update
} catch (e) {
break; // window might be closed already
}
}
// Close window after countdown, unless user clicked OK
if (!cancelled) {
win.close();
$.writeln("Auto-closed after timeout");
}
}
} // End AutocloseAlert
@Eugene Tyson New issue: I wanted something like the Enhanced Message Box for Access (but not quite as fancy (without custom button colors, delay before buttons are enabled, etc.): https://datenbank-projekt.de/projekte/improved-enhanced-message-box-ms-access
Script UI has the Confirm() function (which uses Yes/No, even though Javascript Confirm uses OK/Cancel), but this doesn't work if, for example, you wanted Abort/Retry/Ignore. I came up with the following with 4 possible buttons:
function CustomConfirm(message, title, DefaultBtn, Btn1Text, Btn2Text, Btn3Text, Btn4Text, bgcolor) {
// Yes/No, OKOnly, OK/Cancel, Abort/Retry/Ignore, Yes/No/Cancel, Retry/Ignore,
title = title || "Script Alert";
Btn1Text = Btn1Text || "OK";
Btn2Text = Btn2Text || "";
Btn3Text = Btn3Text || "";
Btn4Text = Btn4Text || "";
DefaulBtn = DefaultBtn || 0;
bgcolor = bgcolor || "gray";
var result = "";
var win = new Window("dialog", title, undefined, {closeButton:false});
win.orientation = "column";
win.alignChildren = "left";
if(bgcolor==="white"){
win.graphics.backgroundColor = win.graphics.newBrush (win.graphics.BrushType.SOLID_COLOR, [1.0, 1.0, 1.0]);
}
var msg = win.add("statictext", undefined, message);
var myButtonGroup = win.add ("group");
myButtonGroup.alignment = "center";
var Btn1 = myButtonGroup.add ("button", undefined, Btn1Text);
if(Btn2Text!==""){
var Btn2 = myButtonGroup.add ("button", undefined, Btn2Text);
}
if(Btn3Text!==""){
var Btn3 = myButtonGroup.add ("button", undefined, Btn3Text);
}
if(Btn4Text!==""){
var Btn4 = myButtonGroup.add ("button", undefined, Btn4Text);
}
switch(DefaultBtn){
case 1:
win.defaultElement=Btn1;
break;
case 2:
win.defaultElement=Btn2;
break;
case 3:
win.defaultElement=Btn3;
break;
case 4:
win.defaultElement=Btn4;
break;
}
// Event Listeners
Btn1.onClick=function(){
// alert(Btn1Text);
result = Btn1Text;
//alert(result);
// return result;
win.close();
$.writeln("User clicked Abort");
$.writeln(Btn1Text);
return result;
};
Btn2.onClick=function(){
result = Btn2Text;
win.close();
$.writeln("User clicked Retry");
$.writeln(Btn2Text);
return result;
};
Btn3.onClick=function(){
result = Btn3Text;
win.close();
$.writeln("User clicked Ignore");
$.writeln(Btn3Text);
return result;
};
Btn4.onClick=function(){
result = Btn4Text;
win.close();
$.writeln("User clicked Retry");
$.writeln(Btn4Text);
return result;
};
// Show the window
set_font (win, "Tahoma:14");
win.show();
} // End CustomConfirm
// Usage
switch(CustomConfirm("Select A Button", undefined, 2, "Abort", "Retry", "Ignore")){
Case "Abort"
alert("You selected Abort")
break;
Case "Retry"
alert("You selected Retry")
break;
Case "Ignore"
alert("You selected Ignore")
break;
}
The script sets up the window properly and looks fine, but it returns "undefined" instead of the button text, and I don't know why - which makes it pretty much useless. The commented out alert buttons work and display the correct results, so I'm not sure why the return statement is not working.
(I'm also open to suggestions on the position of the title statement. You can't specify a title for the confirm statement. The way I have it, you have to specify "undefined" for the second position. If I move it to the end, you could ignore it, but then for a simple Yes/No pop-up with a custom button, you would have to specify "CustomConfirm("Select a button", 2, "Yes", "No", undefined, undefined, "Button Selection:")"
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