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Identifier to locate open dialog #128336 23/08/05 03:10 PM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 64 E Exlax OP Babel fish
OP Exlax Babel fish E Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 64	To work with open windows, we have $window Open querys, $query how about for open dialogs? basically all i want to see is if there is a dialog with name "name" currently opened?

Re: Identifier to locate open dialog #128337 23/08/05 03:15 PM
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 39 B buster2007 Ameglian cow
buster2007 Ameglian cow B Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 39	Quote from the HELP FILE You can also use the $dialog(name/N) identifier to list any open dialogs, where N returns the Nth open dialog. If N is zero, the total number of open dialogs is returned.

Re: Identifier to locate open dialog #128338 23/08/05 03:35 PM
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 8,330 MA, USA Riamus2 Hoopy frood
Riamus2 Hoopy frood Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 8,330 MA, USA	Example: Code: if ($dialog(NAME) != $null) { do commands } else { do other commands } A possible use would be: Code: if ($dialog(NAME) == $null) { dialog -m NAME NAME } Invision Support #Invision on irc.irchighway.net

Re: Identifier to locate open dialog #128339 24/08/05 12:32 AM
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 128 S stefys99 Vogon poet
stefys99 Vogon poet S Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 128	That was easy to guess, even if u didn't read the help file. I could guess it. But, he could also just do /help /dialog and he would found anything he wants to know about dialogs.

Re: Identifier to locate open dialog #128340 24/08/05 12:50 PM
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 8,330 MA, USA Riamus2 Hoopy frood
Riamus2 Hoopy frood Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 8,330 MA, USA	It may be easy to someone who knows scripting well, but not necessarily for others. Also, it's much more useful to give examples rather than just saying to use help. Yes, people should be using help, but an example as well is good. Invision Support #Invision on irc.irchighway.net

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