Re: Dialogs: OK button can't call macros?

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Re: Dialogs: OK button can't call macros?
	2007-01-25 11:05:48
Andrews answer is totally correct. But one comment to using "normal" buttons to close the dialog: It's true that you can close the dialog via endExecute(), but we forgot to allow passing a value to the function, to be used as a return value for execute(). So if you close a dialog this way, execute() always returns 0 :( An other thing is that you can't cancel a dialog with ESC when not having a standard Cancel button. Malte. Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote, On 01/25/07 08:01: > > Johnny Andersson wrote: >> Hi again... >> >> 2007/1/24, Malte Timmermann sun.com>: >>> This will return 0 for Cancel, something else (1) for OK. >>> >>> So if execute() doesn't return 0, do your stuff. >> >> One thing comes to my mind then: When dlg.execute() is finished (user >> clicked OK or Cancel), I can "do my stuff", which is to use the data from >> the dialog, such as date, time and other info that the user selected, >> isn't >> that data lost when the dialog is closed? >> >> Johnny >> > Although the dialog is closed, you can still access the dialog; only the > view is gone. So, you can access the controls and extract information. > Also, if you do not use an OK or Cancel button, you can still write your > own button event handler that closes the dialog. This assumes, of > course, that you can access the dialog from within your handler. To do > this, you must store a reference to the dialog in a variable that is > publically visible in your method. I would provide more information, but > I really need to sleep... > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscribeapi.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-helpapi.openoffice.org