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Show Alert Dialog |
Displays an alert dialog with an optional informative text, from which the user can choose a button.
Syntax
Show Alert Dialog [ Select ; Result ; Message text ; Informative text ;
Button list ; Title; Custom icon; Switches ]
Options
| Select entire contents | replaces the entire contents of a field with the result. If not checked the result replaces the currently selected portion of the field |
| Result | the button clicked |
| Message text | the main message text of the alert |
| Informational text | (optional) extra and longer text, displayed in a smaller font |
| Button list | a return separated list of button labels |
| Title | (optional) the title of the alert, shown at the title bar of the dialog |
| Custom icon | (optional) container with the icon to show |
| Switches | this determines the behavior of the dialog and which information is returned |
Switches
You can also add one or more of these switches:
| -IconAsBadge | (macOS only) shows the warning icon (exclamation icon) with the custom icon as a small badge |
| -ReturnButtonText | return the *text* of the button, instead of the number |
Returned Result
Data type returned
Number
Result
The number of the button. By adding switches this function can also return the text of the button.
The plug-in can also return an error code. Returned error codes can be:
| $$-50 | paramErr | parameter error |
Originated in
Troi Dialog Plug-in 10.1
Compatibility
FileMaker Pro 17 to FileMaker Pro 21 (2024)
Considerations
If all buttons have an empty button text an OK button will be displayed.
On macOS 11 (Big Sur) and later the alert will be shown with a card-like user interface, with most content center aligned. Also note that in this case buttons can be shown vertically. If you specify a Cancel button it will be shown as the bottom most button, but the returned button numbers will stay the same as if the buttons were oriented from right to left.
This script step currently does not have an equivalent function.
Example
Show Alert Dialog [ $Result ; "We alert you to a small problem." ;
"The internet is too big, please delete some of it now.";
"OK" & "¶" & "Cancel" ; "My Special Alert" ; ; ]This will show a small alert dialog, with an informative text in a smaller font and two buttons.
Example 2
To show an alert with a custom icon create the following script:
Set Field [ gResult; "" // clear the result field first]
# Get the texts into variables:
Set Variable [ $MessageText ; "This is an alert dialog with this message text." ]
Set Variable [ $InformativeText ; "Here you can show extra info, in a smaller font." &
"This can be a more elaborate explanation." ]
Set Variable [ $ButtonList ; "OK" & "¶" & "Cancel" & "¶" & "3rd Button" & "¶" & "4th Button" ]
Set Variable [ $DialogTitle ; "Troi Dialog Plug-in Special Alert" ]
# Get an icon from a (global) field:
Set Variable [ $CustomIcon ; gCustomIcon ]
# Now show the alert dialog:
Show Alert Dialog [ $Result ; Message: $MessageText ; Informative text: $InformativeText ;
Button list: $ButtonList ; Title: $DialogTitle ;
Custom Icon: $CustomIcon; Switches: "" ]
# Save the result into a field:
Set Field [ gResult; $Result ]
Exit Script [ Result: $Result ]Used in example file
Dialog.fmp12
Related script step
| Show Flash Dialog |
Related functions
| Dial_Dialog |
| Dial_FlashDialog |
Related topics
Troi Dialog Plug-in online help (overview)