Re: [MacPerl] Dialogs?

["Max Pinton" <max@maxgraphic.com>]

How does that differ from MacPerl::Pick? I've been moderately happy with
Pick, Answer and Ask, but they aren't "platinum," and, again, no radio
buttons.

It'd be nice if someone made a slicker UI package for MacPerl. I just
finished my first MacPerl hack (which sends faxes on a PostScript
fax-equipped printers), and am working on redoing it in REALbasic, which can
make more Mac-like results (and small executables). It's a painful
transition, as some of the simple stuff in MacPerl seems nearly impossible
in REALbasic.

Max

> On 2/10/1999 at 10:01, g.ann@lagrangenews.com (G. Ann Campbell) wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm curious about whether it's possible/how to do dialog boxes from MacPerl?
>> I'm interested in more than the standard 'where is the file' GetFile boxes;
>> I'm thinking of radio buttons for run options.
>>
>> I'm sure that if this is doable it's probably covered somewhere, so could you
>> point me in the right direction?
>
> The correct way to do this is to use the Mac GUI toolbox modules that come
with
> MacPerl. I would also recommend that you purchase a copy of the ever popular
> "MacPerl Power And Ease" and take a look at Chapter 14.
>
> Alternatively, If you are running OS8.5.x, know some AppleScript, and are lazy
> like me, the Standard Additions OSAX includes the Choose From List event and
you
> could use something like:
>
> set theList to {"blue", "green", "red", "yellow"}
> set theChoice to choose from list theList with prompt Â
>     "Pick A Color:" default items ("blue") Â
>     OK button name "Done" cancel button name Â
>     "Later" multiple selections allowed false Â
>     without empty selection allowed
> if theChoice = false then
>     error number -128
> else
>     display dialog "You chose " & result with icon note buttons Â
>     "Yep" default button 1
> end if
>
> [note that email usually screws up the soft returns that AS uses for line
> continuation, so if any characters look weird, they are supposed to be
> Option-Returns.]
>
> No radio buttons, but you could set up your choices as strings in the pick
list
> and use the results in MacPerl via Do Script.
>
>
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