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Re: WIDGET_MESSAGE question [message #11410]

Tue, 07 April 1998 00:00

mallors
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In article <352A475E.41C67EA6@ll.mit.edu>,
Dan Peduzzi <peduzzi@ll.mit.edu> writes:
> I would like to center a dialog on the display using
>
> result = WIDGET_MESSAGE('error message',/ERROR)
>
> The manuals indicate that I can specify a "dialog parent" widget
> over which to position the dialog, but I don't have any other
> widgets currently realized.
>
> Is there a simple way to control the placement of such a
> dialog, without creating additional "temporary" widgets?
>
>

I have a routine to place a widget at a specified
location -- see place_menu.pro at

http://cspar.uah.edu/~mallozzir/idl/idl.html

I don't know how you can do it with a DIALOG_MESSAGE,
though, since you don't have access to the widget id.

-bob

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Robert S. Mallozzi
http://cspar.uah.edu/~mallozzir/

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