Modeless dialogue using Alias and apply
 ArborX

Summary
 A basic modeless dialogue which uses the modeless specific alias and apply keywords.

Below is an example of a modeless dialogue, which uses the alias keyword, invoked using the twdbm.
 |Font Properties 1
 - 2
 Text Height: ^my_th%0..10s 3
 |^dummy%[5z5]1rp(2)[(138)Apply] 4
 - 5
 |%2..1e[OK] [Cancel] 6
 [[scripts 7
 alias 2 7 8
 alias -1 8 9
 apply 7 [[ 10
 wdbmi "fd" 11
 th ^my_th^]] 12
  13
 apply 8 boxit you pressed the enter button value -1 14
 apply 1 boxit you pressed the cancel button value1! 15
 update () [[ 16
 wdb "my_th":th 17
 ]] 18
 ]] 19
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alias 2 7 = if the OK button (value 2) is clicked the value 7 is given to the apply command.
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alias -1 8 = if you confirm the modeless dialogue box with the enter button or strg-A (value -1) than the value 8 is given to the apply command.

Document created on 06-Jun-2003 (revision 001)