| Re: Widget_Message on the Mac [message #14916 is a reply to message #14843] |
Wed, 31 March 1999 00:00  |
David Foster
Messages: 341
Registered: January 1996
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Phillip & Suzanne David wrote:
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> Hi all;
>
> I was trying to use Widget_Message (which I regularly use on a Solaris
> machine) to display some information for a program running IDL 5.2 for
> Macintosh. However, when I passed an array of strings, they didn't print one
> per line like they do on other platforms. Instead, they were concatenated
> together. Has anyone else seen this behavior?
>
Phillip -
You might want to try my ASK.PRO routine, which I wrote before
DIALOG_MESSAGE() was introduced. I find that ASK is still more
useful and flexible then DIALOG_MESSAGE() (when it came out I was
amazed at how limited it was). See the .doc file below to see
what ASK can do.
I've attached ASK.PRO and ASK.DOC below. I has only been used
on Solaris and IRIX, but I don't see why it wouldn't work under
Windows or Mac.
Dave
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David S. Foster Univ. of California, San Diego
Programmer/Analyst Brain Image Analysis Laboratory
foster@bial1.ucsd.edu Department of Psychiatry
(619) 622-5892 8950 Via La Jolla Drive, Suite 2240
La Jolla, CA 92037
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; ASK.PRO 1-12-98 DSFoster
;
; Routine to prompt user for a response to an inquiry.
; Displays a text string passed as argument (probably a question)
; and one or more buttons, with their values (text labels) also passed as
; arguments. The first button (answer) will be the default and have
; input focus. May have as many as 10 choices as arguments, and an
; unlimited number if you use keyword CHOICES. Use of only one button
; would be for user information.
;
; Return the number of the button pushed (1,2,3...).
;
; 4-26-94 DSF Add keyword PARENT= to position the Ask widget in
; the middle of the top-level-base.
; 7-05-94 DSF Add keyword CHOICES to pass labels as an array. May also
; include arguments as well.
; 10-17-94 DSF First argument may be array of strings so message may be
; multiple lines.
; 11-29-94 DSF Support any number of choices. Up to ten as arguments, but
; unlimited number if you use CHOICES.
; 2-22-95 DSF Add keyword ROW and COLUMN to allow enforcement of format.
; 10-17-95 DSF Add keyword BEEP.
; 11-27-95 DSF Add keyword INPUT_FOCUS to specify button to have focus.
; 1-11-96 DSF Add keyword BASE_ALIGN_CENTER to main widget_base()
; call to center text and buttons.
; 3-11-96 DSF Add keyword WIDGET_ID to have the TLB widget
; returned, and when this is specified allow no labels.
; This is for popup info widgets that can be removed later
; by the calling program.
; 4-02-96 DSF Center on-screen (no PARENT) taking into account the
; size of the widget.
; 5-14-97 DSF Update for IDL 5.0. Use POS_WIDGET() to position widget.
; 1-12-99 DSF Add /LEFT_JUSTIFY to left-justify the message text in the widget.
;----------------------------------------------------------- -----------
; procedure ASK_EVENT
;
; Event handler for ask() function.
;----------------------------------------------------------- -----------
PRO ask_event, event
common ask_common, rtnval, buttons
for i = 0, n_elements(buttons) - 1 do begin
if (event.id eq buttons(i)) then begin
rtnval = i + 1
widget_control, event.top, /DESTROY
endif
endfor
END
;----------------------------------------------------------- -----------
; function ASK
;
; Routine to create widgets for prompt.
;----------------------------------------------------------- -----------
FUNCTION ask, text, label1,label2,label3,label4,label5,label6,label7, $
label8,label9,label10,PARENT=parent, CHOICES=choices, $
TITLE=title, ROW=row, COLUMN=column, BEEP=beep, $
INPUT_FOCUS=input_focus, WIDGET_ID=widget_id, $
LEFT_JUSTIFY=left_justify
common ask_common, rtnval, buttons
if (xregistered("ask")) then begin
message, 'Only one instance may be running', /continue
return, -1
endif
rtnval = 0
params = n_params()
n_labels = params + n_elements(choices) - 1
if ( n_labels lt 1 and not keyword_set( WIDGET_ID ) ) then begin
message, 'At least 1 label required', /continue
return, -1
endif
if ( n_labels ge 1 ) then begin
labels = STRARR(n_labels)
if (n_elements(label1)) then labels(0) = label1
if (n_elements(label2)) then labels(1) = label2
if (n_elements(label3)) then labels(2) = label3
if (n_elements(label4)) then labels(3) = label4
if (n_elements(label5)) then labels(4) = label5
if (n_elements(label6)) then labels(5) = label6
if (n_elements(label7)) then labels(6) = label7
if (n_elements(label8)) then labels(7) = label8
if (n_elements(label9)) then labels(8) = label9
if (n_elements(label10)) then labels(9) = label10
endif
if (keyword_set(CHOICES)) then begin
for i = params-1, (params-1) + n_elements(choices)-1 do begin
labels(i) = choices(i - (params-1))
endfor
endif
if (not keyword_set(TITLE)) then title = ' '
if (not keyword_set(PARENT)) then parent = 0L
; Left-justify text if specified
if (keyword_set(LEFT_JUSTIFY) and n_elements(text) ge 2) then begin
text2 = left_justify(text)
endif else begin
text2 = text
endelse
; Improve appearance of buttons
if ( n_labels ge 1 ) then begin
for i = 0, n_labels - 1 do begin
labels(i) = ' ' + labels(i) + ' ' ; To make buttons pretty
len = strlen(labels(i)) ; Labels will be at least 8 characters long
if (len lt 8) then begin
for j = 1, (8-len)/2 do labels(i) = ' ' + labels(i) + ' '
if (len mod 2 ne 0) then labels(i) = ' ' + labels(i)
endif
endfor
endif
if (keyword_set(COLUMN)) then begin ; Set to COLUMN or ROW
set_column = 1 ; according to keywords
set_row = 0 ; (default to /ROW)
endif else if (keyword_set(ROW)) then begin
set_column = 0
set_row = 1
endif else begin
set_column = 0
set_row = 1
endelse
if ( widget_info(parent, /valid_id) eq 1 and not keyword_set(WIDGET_ID) ) then $
begin
base = widget_base( /column, xpad=10, ypad=10, title=title, $
/base_align_center, group_leader=parent, /modal )
endif else begin
base = widget_base( /column, xpad=10, ypad=10, title=title, $
/base_align_center )
endelse
n_text = n_elements(text2)
if (n_text gt 1) then junk = WIDGET_BASE(base, /column, /frame)
for i = 0, n_elements(text2) - 1 do begin
if (n_text eq 1) then begin
junk = widget_label(base, value=text2(i))
endif else begin
junk2 = widget_label(junk, value=text2(i))
endelse
endfor
if (n_labels gt 4 and not keyword_set(ROW)) then begin ; Default to column for
set_column = 1 ; > 4 items
set_row = 0
endif
if ( n_labels ge 1 ) then begin
junk = widget_base(base, row=set_row, column=set_column, /frame)
buttons = lonarr(n_labels)
for i = 0, n_labels - 1 do begin
buttons(i) = widget_button(junk, value=labels(i))
endfor
endif
if (keyword_set(BEEP)) then $
print, format='($,a1)', string(7B)
; Account for size of widget and center accordingly, then realize
ret = pos_widget( base, parent=parent )
widget_control, base, /realize
if ( n_labels ge 1 ) then begin
if (keyword_set(INPUT_FOCUS)) then begin
if (input_focus gt n_elements(buttons)) then $
input_focus = 1
endif else begin
input_focus = 1
endelse
widget_control, buttons(input_focus-1), /input_focus
endif
; Register this widget and start event processing, unless keyword
; WIDGET_ID is specified, in which case we just realize the widgets,
; return the TLB as the keyword, and return.
if ( keyword_set( WIDGET_ID ) ) then begin
widget_id = base
endif else begin
xmanager, "ask", base
endelse
return, rtnval
END
ASK
Use ASK to present the user with a question and from one to ten
options for response, in a small widget. The function returns the
number corresponding to the button pressed {1,2,3...}. Use Ask for
warnings or when you require an answer before continuing. It is a
MODAL function, in that it will be the only widget processing events
until it returns (unless /WIDGET_ID is used).
Pass the text of the query and the labels for the buttons as arguments.
You may optionally pass labels as an array, using the keyword CHOICES.
You may also use ASK to present a text message which may be removed by
the calling program later using the widget id returned as keyword.
Calling Sequence
Answer = ASK(Message, answer1 [[,answer2], ..., answer10])
Arguments
Message
The message (or warning, etc) to be presented. This argument
may be an array if more than one line is required for the
message. Type: STRING or STRARR.
Answer1 ... Answer10
The labels for the buttons. These are the possible responses
to the above Message. At least one is required unless using
the keyword WIDGET_ID. Type: STRING.
Outputs
Returns the number of the button pressed as an answer, from 1 to 10.
If there are not enough parameters (you must pass at least one
Answer) returns -1.
Keywords
BEEP
Set this keyword to cause the console to beep.
CHOICES
Use this keyword to pass an array of labels. This can be used
instead of or in combination with other labels as arguments.
These labels will appear after any included as arguments. See
the examples.
COLUMN
Set this to force the choices to be arranged in a column.
Normally defaults to a row for four or less items, column
otherwise.
INPUT_FOCUS
Use this keyword to designate which button will have input
focus. The values begin with one, like the return value. When
not set the first button gets input focus by default.
LEFT_JUSTIFY
Set this keyword to left-justify the message text in the widget.
Otherwise, by default each line of text is centered within the
text widget.
PARENT
This keyword is required under IDL 5.0 and later, to make ASK a
modal widget.
Set to the widget ID of a top-level widget base, and the ASK widget
will be positioned in the center of that widget.
ROW
Set this to force the choices to be arranged in a row. Normally
defaults to a row for four or less items, column otherwise.
TITLE
The title of the ASK widget. Defaults to no title.
WIDGET_ID
Set this to a defined variable which will return the top-level-base
widget id of the ASK widget. In this case, the widget is realized,
but is not registered with XMANAGER.
This is intended for popup message widgets that will remain for some
period of time, and then will be deleted by the calling program,
using the widget id returned.
Note that this is the only case when no MessageN parameters AND no
CHOICES keyword may be specified.
Examples
answer = ASK('Exit Program?','Yes','No')
case (answer) of
1: print, 'User said Yes'
2: print, 'User said No'
endcase
answer = ASK('What is your favorite color?', $
'Red','Blue','Magenta','Other')
answer = ASK('Operation complete', 'Ok')
options = ['Second', 'Third', 'Fourth']
answer = ASK('Buttons appear in the order:', $
'First', CHOICES=options)
; Example of presenting an informational message and removing
; it later after a time-consuming operation.
ret = ASK('Reading image volume...', WIDGET_ID=id0, $
TITLE='Please wait...')
widget_control, /hourglass
status = read_image_volume()
if (widget_info(id0, /valid_id) eq 1) then $
widget_control, id0, /destroy
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