yarri@muon.eng.ohio-state.edu (Zaka U. Bhatti) (08/03/89)
Hello. Does anyone know of a xcmd that will allow me to 'ask' for more than three choices in a dialog box? I have a data base in which I want to be able to sort on any of 5 fields. It would be nice to have a 5 button dialog box appear with 5 choices and a cancel. Is there something like this out there, or should I get hacking? Thanks. -- Doug
sirkm@ssyx.ucsc.edu (Greg Anderson) (08/04/89)
In article <2738@quanta.eng.ohio-state.edu> yarri@muon.eng.ohio-state.edu (Zaka U. Bhatti) writes: > >Hello. > > Does anyone know of a xcmd that will allow me to 'ask' for more than > three choices in a dialog box? I don't think so. (You want 'answer', not ask, btw.) > I have a data base in which I want to > be able to sort on any of 5 fields. It would be nice to have a 5 button > dialog box appear with 5 choices and a cancel. You could always create a card with six buttons on it and skip the dialog box... > Is there something like this out there, or should I get hacking? If you really want something like this, grab the "ask" stack from ssyx. It contains source code, and all of the dialog centering, default button drawing and so on is already handled. You could quite easily modify it to do a six-button answer. > > Thanks. > > -- Doug Welcome. ___\ /___ Greg Anderson ___\ /___ \ \ / / Social Sciences Computing \ \ / / \ /\/\ / University of California, Santa Cruz \ /\/\ / \/ \/ sirkm@ssyx.ucsc.edu \/ \/
american@pnet51.cts.com (Jeff Iverson) (08/10/89)
> Does anyone know of a xcmd that will allow me to 'ask' for more than > three choices in a dialog box? What you really need is a wonderful stack by Jay Hodgdon of Ignatz Software by the name of 'ShowDialog' (current version 1.6). Which will allow you to create and display multitudinous varieties of custom dialogs (that you build yourself!) available at better shareware catalogs and BBS's everywhere! Or contact the author at: AppleLink: D2792 CompuServe: 70411,63 GEnie: JHODGDON MacNet: HODGDONJ or that old snail trick: Jay Hodgdon Ignatz Software 587 Cutwater Lane Foster City CA 94404 ** Hey, I don't work for 'em, I compete with 'em, and even *I* love his work! UUCP: {amdahl!bungia, uunet!rosevax, chinet, killer}!orbit!pnet51!american ARPA: crash!orbit!pnet51!american@nosc.mil INET: american@pnet51.cts.com GEnie: APOSTASY AppleLink: ALL.AMERICAN U. S. Mail: All-American Software Development Corp. 5612 International Parkway Minneapolis MN 55428 Jeff Iverson