Box Class Methods
The following table describes the Box class methods and their associated DialogBoxType system enum values.
| Box class static method name | Associated DialogBoxType enum value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| info | InfoBox | The OK button is the only one that the info method displays in the dialog box.Use this method to display general information messages rather than for warning or error messages. |
| infoOnce | InfoBox | The infoOnce method is similar to the info method but with the following differences:Your code cannot set the text in the title bar.An additional header section is displayed under the title bar, and you can set the text that displays in the header.A More info… button is present. When clicked, it opens a Web browser to the URL string that you supply through a parameter.The infoOnce method returns void, even though it has two buttons. |
| infoOnceEx | InfoBox | The infoOnceEx method is similar to the infoOnce method but with the following differences:The infoOnceEx method has a parameter that can be passed in to set the text in the title bar.The infoOnceEx method has a Boolean parameter for choosing whether to have the caller thread continue processing while the user reads the message in the dialog box. |
| okCancel | OkCancelBox | The OK and Cancel buttons are displayed in the dialog box. Call this method when the user must confirm or reject an action. |
| stop | StopBox | The OK button is the only one displayed in the dialog box.Use this method to display a message when the user should stop attempting their action or when a process has stopped running. |
| warning | WarnBox | The OK button is the only one displayed in the dialog box. Use this dialog box for a warning message. |
| yesAllNoAllCancel | YesToAllNoToAllBox | The buttons displayed in this dialog box are Yes, Yes to all, No, No to all, and Cancel. |
| yesNo | YesNoBox | The buttons displayed in this dialog box are Yes and No. Call this method when you need the user to make a choice. |
| yesNoNoAllCancel | NoToAllBox | The buttons displayed in this dialog box are Yes, No, No to all, and Cancel. |
| yesNoAxaptaForm | YesNoBox | The yesNoAxaptaForm method is similar to the yesNo method but with the following differences:The yesNoAxaptaForm dialog box has a different image.The yesNoAxaptaForm dialog box is wider. |
| yesNoCancel | YesNoCancelBox | The buttons displayed in this dialog box are Yes, No, and Cancel. Call this method when the yesNo method is insufficient. |
| yesNoOnce | YesNoBox | The yesNoOnce method is similar to the yesNo method but with the following differences:The yesNoOnce dialog box has a different image.The yesNoOnce dialog box has a check box that the user can select to suppress any further occurrence of an associated message. |
| yesYesAllNoCancel | YesToAllBox | The Yes, Yes to all, No, and Cancel buttons are displayed. |
Example
The following example displays a message box that contains buttons labeled Yes, No, and Cancel. The No button has initial focus. When a button is clicked, a message is displayed in the Print Window to indicate which button was clicked. Run this example as a job in the Application Object Tree (AOT).X++Copy
static void JobBoxDemo(Args _args)
{
DialogButton diagBut;
str strMessage = "The No button should have initial focus.";
str strTitle = "Title";
;
diagBut = Box::yesNo(
strMessage,
DialogButton::No, // Initial focus is on the No button.
strTitle);
if (diagBut == DialogButton::No)
{
print "The No button was clicked.";
}
else
{
print "The button that was clicked was: ", diagBut;
}
pause;
}
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