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dialogbox - Constructor

	Package	display
	Module	widgets
	Tool	dialogbox

Construct a dialogbox

Synopsis
dialogbox(label, title, type, value, hlp, helpOnLabel, widgetset)

Arguments

label		The label for the entry box
		Allowed:	String
		Default:	'Enter value'
title		The title for the entry box
		Allowed:	String
		Default:	'Dialog box'
type		The type of entry widgets
		Allowed:	'entry', 'file', 'string', 'boolean', 'measure', 'quantity', 'record', 'region', 'scalar, 'untyped'
		Default:	'entry'
value		The initial value to insert
		Allowed:	Appropriate type
hlp		Popup help for entry box
		Allowed:	String
helpOnLabel		Is the popup help on the label or the entry box
		Allowed:	T or F
		Default:	T
widgetset		The widget server to use
		Allowed:	widgetserver object
		Default:	dws

Returns
String

Description

Example

include 'dialogbox.g'   
txt := dialogbox(label='Enter colour', title='Colour chooser', type='string', value='Blue');
if (!is_fail(txt)) {
   print 'Selected colour=', txt
} else {
  print 'Colour selection aborted'
}

The initial value of `blue' is inserted.