[JS][CS3] Simple dialog box problem

Report · Oct 26, 2009

Hi

I am wanting to make my script do 1 of 2 things depending on the result of a dialog box. I cannot seem to register the users response. Here is the code:

var myDialog = new Window('dialog', 'Confirm Changes');
myDialog.frameLocation = [600,400];
myDialog.size = [590, 250];
myImage = myDialog.add('image',[480,41,572,127],'/Macintosh HD/Applications/Adobe InDesign CS3/Scripts/Scripts Panel/Images/xxxx.png');
myPanel= myDialog.add('panel', [10,10,580,240], 'Select the action you wish to use');
//Adding Buttons
myUseExistingTextButton = myPanel.add('button', [48,190,75,25], 'Use Existing Text',{name:'select'});
myUseNewButton = myPanel.add('button', [260,190,75,25], 'Use New text as shown',{name:'select'});
myCancelButton = myPanel.add('button', [480,190,75,25], 'Cancel',{name:'select'});
myExistingTextWindow = myDialog.add('edittext',[20,40,230,200],'Existing Text');
myNewTextWindow = myDialog.add("edittext",[250,40,460,200],"New Text");
myResult = myDialog.show();
if(myResult == true)
     {
     if (myResult == 0)
                    {
                    alert("Old was selected");
                    }
     if (myResult == 1)
                    {
                    alert("New was selected");
                    }
     }

which gives the following result:

All I want to do is use the selected button do do the next part of my script depending on the text selected.

I will keep on looking, and di-secting other scripts, but any help here would be nice.

Thanks as always

Roy

Report · Oct 26, 2009

Your code is messed up. The coordinates make no sense.

I changed it just to get some of the picture

Anyways, there is no way in your code defining what happens when button is clicked. why should one button be 0 and the other 1. Where did you define that.

You need an click event for each button, which exits dialog and defines what to do for that button etc..

Report · Oct 27, 2009

Thank you Steven for your reply.

I admit I often go around the houses, but the dialog box I was making was all good with the co-ordinates I was using.

I was stuck on the actions for the buttons as I said in my post, and that is where I was needing assistance. I will look at your code, and no doubt use it for my needs.

Thanks again for your very quick response, I am constantly amazed by this forum.

Cheers

Roy

Report · Oct 27, 2009

Can anyone let me know how to add the 'onClick. command to carry out the selected function? I will keep looking in the meantime.

Cheers

Roy

Report · Oct 27, 2009

myButton.onClick = function(){
alert("You clicked the button!");
}

or

myButton.onClick = myFunction;

function myFunction () {
alert("You clicked the button!");
}

--

Thomas B. Nielsen

http://www.lund-co.dk

Report · Oct 27, 2009

Thanks for that Thomas.

Quite simple really, but unless you know it....

Anyway, I am getting a runtime error when I add the destroy() line for the dialog:

function ExistingText()

{

alert("Use Existing Text");

myDialog.destroy();

}

I have used this before but I guess not with ScriptUI. Should I use something else?

Cheers

Roy

Report · Oct 27, 2009

I have been trying lots of options, and myDialog.close(); does it!

Cheers

Roy

Report · Oct 27, 2009

Hi.

One more little thing, when I use this line below, the variable 'myPara2.contents' does not wrap in the box. Is there a property I need to change to allow this?

var myExistingTextWindow = myPanel.add('edittext',[20,20,230,180],myPara2.contents);

Cheers

Roy

Report · Oct 27, 2009

Here is code created with RapidScriptUI in about 2 minutes. It includes multiline editbox, dimensions without using co-ordinates that display accurately cross platform and simple to edit code for beginners like you to learn and understand (This is a free advertisement).

var rapidDlg = new Window('dialog',"Confirm Changes",undefined);
buildWindow();
rapidDlg.show();

function buildWindow(){


// Properties for rapidDlg.Panel1
     rapidDlg.Panel1 = rapidDlg.add('panel',undefined,"Select the action you wish to choose");
     rapidDlg.Panel1.margins= [20,20,20,20];
     rapidDlg.Panel1.orientation = "row";

// Properties for rapidDlg.Panel1.Group1
     rapidDlg.Panel1.Group1 = rapidDlg.Panel1.add('group',undefined);
     rapidDlg.Panel1.Group1.orientation = "column";

// Properties for rapidDlg.Panel1.Group1.EditText1
     rapidDlg.Panel1.Group1.EditText1 = rapidDlg.Panel1.Group1.add('edittext',undefined,"Existing Text", {multiline:true});
     rapidDlg.Panel1.Group1.EditText1.preferredSize.width = 200;
     rapidDlg.Panel1.Group1.EditText1.preferredSize.height = 100;

// Properties for rapidDlg.Panel1.Group1.ExistingText
     rapidDlg.Panel1.Group1.ExistingText = rapidDlg.Panel1.Group1.add('button',undefined,"Use Existing Text");
rapidDlg.Panel1.Group1.ExistingText.onClick = ExistingText_Clicked;

// Properties for rapidDlg.Panel1.Panel2
     rapidDlg.Panel1.Panel2 = rapidDlg.Panel1.add('panel',undefined,undefined);
     rapidDlg.Panel1.Panel2.alignment = [' ','fill'];

// Properties for rapidDlg.Panel1.Group2
     rapidDlg.Panel1.Group2 = rapidDlg.Panel1.add('group',undefined);
     rapidDlg.Panel1.Group2.orientation = "column";

// Properties for rapidDlg.Panel1.Group2.EditText2
     rapidDlg.Panel1.Group2.EditText2 = rapidDlg.Panel1.Group2.add('edittext',undefined,"New Text", {multiline:true});
     rapidDlg.Panel1.Group2.EditText2.preferredSize.width = 200;
     rapidDlg.Panel1.Group2.EditText2.preferredSize.height = 100;

// Properties for rapidDlg.Panel1.Group2.NewText
     rapidDlg.Panel1.Group2.NewText = rapidDlg.Panel1.Group2.add('button',undefined,"Use New text as shown");
rapidDlg.Panel1.Group2.NewText.onClick = NewText_Clicked;

// Properties for rapidDlg.Button3
     rapidDlg.Button3 = rapidDlg.add('button',undefined,"Cancel", {name:"cancel"});
     rapidDlg.Button3.alignment = ['right',' '];

}

function ExistingText_Clicked(){
     alert(this.text +  ' was clicked!');
}
function NewText_Clicked(){
     alert(this.text +  ' was clicked!');
}

Steven

http://scriptui.com

[JS][CS3] Simple dialog box problem

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