hey, i am just wondering how you retrive data from a dialog created with $dialog , like $input or $? returns the data in an edit box or on whatever button was pressed, but if i create a dialog with the $dialog identifer, can i retrieve that data when the ok button is pressed, the data in all the edit boxes/listboxes or whatnot, or would i have to go about it in the actual dialog coding events
eg:

on dialog.......sclick:okbuttonID:{
if ($dialog(dialog.name).modal == $true) {
then do this for what i want with the edit boxes and so on
}
}

am i heading the right way with how you would get data it when created like that, or is there another way that wors like $input or whatever..?

$did(dialogname,id).text
Eg.
$did(Music,1).text returns the text in id 1 of the "Music" dialog.

Type "/help dialogs" and scroll down to the $did section.

or add the result property to the editbox whose value will be returned once the dialog is closed. see the help file for more info on the result property.

yeah i know ALL that stuff, but what i am asking, is "for example" when you make a call to $input or $$?

it returns a result of the edit bod, or the button press depending on the case, so if you use $input and have an edit box, then $input RETURNS whatever was typed into the edit box, what i want to know is, can we do the same with a call to $dialog(whatever,whatever)

as to where, when the dialog CLOSES/YOUR done with it, it will return a value or result, as does a call to $input or $$?

try it!

(yes)

I did try it, i opened with //var %a = $dialog(test,test) | echo -a %a

and it got an echo error,

AND THATS WHY I came here and ASKED if there was a way to do it, CAUSE I TRIED by what i understood from the help file, and it isnt returning anything, but in my opinio if the dialog halts the script pending input, then it should return a result when the dialog closes, but it wasnt, so i came here to ask if there was a way to do it that i might be missing or something!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

//echo -a $$dialog(t3st,t3st)

no need to get mad... read hammer's post, or mine above...

ok, i see what you mean with the "result" property....now, is it possible to return several results from a variety of editboxes and list/combo box with that same function...?

or is it predefined to only return one result

/Set the results you want into variables (possibly with a timed unset) in your on *:DIALOG:dname:close:*: event, or your OK button sclick event, but make sure they are unset if you cancel.

yeah, i gave returning multiple result ID"s a try, but it would just return the last resulr ID data, this was just an option i was examining, trying to find the best way to do it, but i think i will just call a modeless dialog, and return the data i want with using the OK button sclick and the text i need from each $did, thanks for the help and suggestions tho everyone