The /dialog command is used to create a dialog using a given table. The name is what the script/you will use to refer to the table. The standard dialog created using the /dialog command can be used to create model or modeless dialogs. Modeless it does not return a value when the dialog closes. As a result it does not halt the mIRC scripting engine, letting other script to keep processing. Dialogs can be kept open for as you want.

Synopsis

/dialog -mbpardievon <name> [table]
/dialog -kcx <name>
/dilaog -g <name> <newName>
/dialog -t <name> [text]
/dialog -s <name> [x y w h]
/dialog -mbpardievonts <name> [table] [x y w h] [text]

Switches

• Mode:
• -m - Modeless dialog
• -b - Size Mode: DBU
• -p - Size Mode: Pixels
• Modes Used with -m:
• -a - Uses the current window as parent
• -d - opens the dialog on the window
• Modes Used with -d:
• -i - Minimize dialog
• -e - Restores dialog
• Close:
• -k - clicks the ok button
• -c - clicks the cancel button
• -x - closes the dialog without triggering any event
• Change:
• -t - Sets the dialog's title
• -s - Sets the dialog's size [X Y W H]
• -o - Sets the dialog on top of all windows
• -n - Unset -o
• -r - Centers the dialog
• -v - Sets the dialog as the active window
• -g - Renames dialog <name> <new name>

Parameters

• <name> - Dialog Name
• [table] - Table Name
• [x y w h] - (x,y) coordinates, width and height
• [text] - Text

Example

Consider:

Dialog Example1 {
  title "This is Example 1"
  size -1 -1 172 129
  option dbu
  tab "Tab A", 14, 2 0 165 123
  tab "Tab B", 15
  tab "Tab C", 16
  edit "", 17, 8 16 154 104, tab 16 multi return autohs vsbar
  menu "&File", 1
  item "&New", 6, 1
  item "&Open", 7, 1
  item break, 8, 1
  item "&Save", 9, 1
  item "Save &as", 10, 1
  menu "&Edit", 2
  item "&Copy", 11, 2
  item "P&aste", 12, 2
  menu "&view", 3
  item "&All", 13, 3
  menu "&Help", 4
  item "&About", 5, 4
}

Example 1:

;Modeless, Desktop
/dialog -md Example1 Example1

Example 2:

;Change the title of the dialog
/dialog -t Example1 This is Example 2!

Example 3:

;Rename the dialog
/dialog -g Example1 Example3

Example 4:

;Close the dialog, don't trigger any event
/dialog -x Example3

Compatibility

Added: mIRC v5.5

Added On: 08/01/1999

Note: Individual switches were not taken into consideration.

See also

• List of commands
• List of identifiers
• $dialog
• $dname
• $devent
• $did
• $didwm
• $didreg
• $didtok
• /did
• /didtok