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XSIDialog

Object Hierarchy

Introduced

2.0

Description

This object allows you to launch a simple modal dialog contained a drop down list of strings. It is particularly useful when asking the user to select from a dynamically generated list of items.

An alternative approach is to use a Combo control on a CustomProperty (see PPGLayout.AddEnumControl).

Methods

Examples

1. VBScript Example

dim XSIDial, aItems
set XSIDial = CreateObject("XSIDial.XSIDialog" )

aItems = Array( "Item1", "Item2", "Item3" )
indx = XSIDial.ComboEx( "Window Title", aItems, 2 )

if ( indx = -1 ) then
   Application.LogMessage "User cancelled"
else
   Application.LogMessage "User selected: " & aItems( indx )
end if

2. JScript Example

/*
   Demonstrates how you can ask the user to pick an object
   based on a list of object names
*/

NewScene(null, false);

// Create 4 nulls, with one nested underneath another
GetPrim("Null", "FirstNull");
GetPrim("Null", "MiddleNull");
var oLastNull = GetPrim("Null", "LastNull");
oLastNull.AddPrimitive("Null", "HiddenNull");

// Look for our nulls based on the naming convention
var dummy;
var oNulls = ActiveSceneRoot.FindChildren( "*Null", dummy, dummy, true );

// Fill their names into a string
var aNames = new Array();

for ( i=0 ; i<oNulls.Count; i++ ) {
   aNames.push( oNulls.Item(i).FullName );
}

// Often it is convenient to sort objects
XSIUtils.QuickSort( aNames )

var oDial = new ActiveXObject( "XSIDial.XSIDialog" );

// Ask the user to pick a null
indx = oDial.Combo( "Pick a Null", aNames );

if ( indx != -1 ) {
   InspectObj( aNames[indx] );
}

See Also

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