Re: How to create a custom Alert

Have you set a navigable item for the block that the canvas displays, or make the button the navigable item. It should then stay in that block until you navigate out.

Georgette P Cornio

Ian Holmes wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am trying to create a custom Alert in order to avoid the 200 character
> restriction that the built in Alerts have. I am doing this by creating a
> modal window with a canvas and a multi-line text item to display the
> message. So far so good...
>
> The problem is that I would like to implement this as a generic module
> based on a function call, in the same manner as the built in alerts are
> called, returning a value which corresponds to the button that the user
> selected. Here is the catch...
>
> How can I suspend processing of the form until the user has made a
> selection from the modal window. As it is now, the modal window pops up,
> but the code continues to run, attempting to return the button pressed
> value before the user ever has a chance to press the buttons.
>
> Regards,
> Ian Holmes
> BHP Information Technology
Received on Thu Feb 11 1999 - 05:57:42 CET