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Working With Dialogs
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The example shows a dialog that contains a label and a list box.
A dialog containing a label and a list box
You can open a dialog with the following code:
Dim Dlg As Object
DialogLibraries.LoadLibrary("Standard")
Dlg = CreateUnoDialog(DialogLibraries.Standard.DlgDef)
Dlg.Execute()
Dlg.dispose()
CreateUnoDialog creates an object called Dlg that references the associated dialog. Before you can create the
dialog, you must ensure that the library it uses (in this example, the Standard library) is loaded. The
LoadLibrary method performs this task.
Once the Dlg dialog object has been initialized, you can use the Execute method to display the dialog. Dialogs
such as this one are described as modal because they do not permit any other program action until they are closed.
While this dialog is open, the program remains in the Execute call.
The dispose method at the end of the code releases the resources used by the dialog once the program ends.
Closing Dialogs
Closing With OK or Cancel
If a dialog contains an OK or a Cancel button, the dialog is automatically closed when you click one of these
buttons. More information about working with these buttons is discussed in Dialog Control Elements in Detail.
If you close a dialog by clicking the OK button, the Execute method returns a return value of 1, otherwise a
value of 0 is returned.
Dim Dlg As Object
DialogLibraries.LoadLibrary("Standard")
Dlg = CreateUnoDialog(DialogLibraries.Standard.MyDialog)
Select Case Dlg.Execute()
Case 1
MsgBox "Ok pressed"
Case 0
MsgBox "Cancel pressed"
End Select
152 OpenOffice.org 3.2 BASIC Guide · March 2010