Prima::MsgBox(3)					User Contributed Perl Documentation					  Prima::MsgBox(3)

NAME

       Prima::MsgBox - standard message and input dialog boxes

DESCRIPTION

       The module contains two methods, "message_box" and "input_box", that invoke correspondingly the standard message and one line text input
       dialog boxes.

SYNOPSIS

	       use Prima;
	       use Prima::Application;
	       use Prima::MsgBox;

	       my $text = Prima::MsgBox::input_box( 'Sample input box', 'Enter text:', '');
	       $text = '(none)' unless defined $text;
	       Prima::MsgBox::message( "You have entered: '$text'", mb::Ok);

API

       input_box TITLE, LABEL, INPUT_STRING, [ BUTTONS = mb::OkCancel, %PROFILES ]
	   Invokes standard dialog box, that contains an input line, a text label, and buttons used for ending dialog session. The dialog box uses
	   TITLE string to display as the window title, LABEL text to draw next to the input line, and INPUT_STRING, which is the text present in
	   the input box. Depending on the value of BUTTONS integer parameter, which can be a combination of the button "mb::XXX" constants,
	   different combinations of push buttons can be displayed in the dialog.

	   PROFILE parameter is a hash, that contains customization parameters for the buttons and the input line. To access input line
	   "inputLine" hash key is used.  See "Buttons and profiles" for more information on BUTTONS and PROFILES.

	   Returns different results depending on the caller context.  In array context, returns two values: the result of
	   "Prima::Dialog::execute", which is either "mb::Cancel" or one of "mb::XXX" constants of the dialog buttons; and the text entered. The
	   input text is not restored to its original value if the dialog was cancelled. In scalar context returns the text entered, if the dialog
	   was ended with "mb::OK" or "mb::Yes" result, or "undef" otherwise.

       message TEXT, [ OPTIONS = mb::Ok | mb::Error, %PROFILES ]
	   Same as "message_box" call, with application name passed as the title string.

       message_box TITLE, TEXT, [ OPTIONS = mb::Ok | mb::Error, %PROFILES ]
	   Invokes standard dialog box, that contains a text label, a predefined icon, and buttons used for ending dialog session. The dialog box
	   uses TITLE string to display as the window title, TEXT to display as a main message. Value of OPTIONS integer parameter is combined
	   from two different sets of "mb::XXX" constants. The first set is the buttons constants, - "mb::OK", "mb::Yes" etc.  See "Buttons and
	   profiles" for the explanations. The second set consists of the following message type constants:

		   mb::Error
		   mb::Warning
		   mb::Information
		   mb::Question

	   While there can be several constants of the first set, only one constant from the second set can be selected.  Depending on the message
	   type constant, one of the predefined icons is displayed and one of the system sounds is played; if no message type constant is
	   selected, no icon is displayed and no sound is emitted.  In case if no sound is desired, a special constant "mb::NoSound" can be used.

	   PROFILE parameter is a hash, that contains customization parameters for the buttons.  See "Buttons and profiles" for the explanations.

	   Returns the result of "Prima::Dialog::execute", which is either "mb::Cancel" or one of "mb::XXX" constants of the specified dialog
	   buttons.

   Buttons and profiles
       The message and input boxes provide several predefined buttons that correspond to the following "mb::XXX" constants:

	       mb::OK
	       mb::Cancel
	       mb::Yes
	       mb::No
	       mb::Abort
	       mb::Retry
	       mb::Ignore
	       mb::Help

       To provide more flexibility, PROFILES hash parameter can be used.  In this hash, predefined keys can be used to tell the dialog methods
       about certain customizations:

       defButton INTEGER
	   Selects the default button in the dialog, i.e. the button that reacts on the return key. Its value must be equal to the "mb::" constant
	   of the desired button. If this option is not set, the leftmost button is selected as the default.

       helpTopic TOPIC
	   Used to select the help TOPIC, invoked in the help viewer window if "mb::Help" button is pressed by the user.  If this option is not
	   set, Prima is displayed.

       inputLine HASH
	   Only for "input_box".

	   Contains a profile hash, passed to the input line as creation parameters.

       buttons HASH
	   To modify a button, an integer key with the corresponding "mb::XXX" constant can be set with the hash reference under "buttons" key.
	   The hash is a profile, passed to the button as creation parameters. For example, to change the text and behavior of a button, the
	   following construct can be used:

		   Prima::MsgBox::message( 'Hello', mb::OkCancel,
			   buttons => {
				   mb::Ok, {
					   text     => '~Hello',
					   onClick  => sub { Prima::message('Hello indeed!'); }
				   }
			   }
		   );

	   If it is not desired that the dialog must be closed when the user presses a button, its "::modalResult" property ( see Prima::Buttons )
	   must be reset to 0.

       owner WINDOW
	   If set, the dialog owner is set to WINDOW, otherwise to $::main_window.  Necessary to maintain window stack order under some window
	   managers, to disallow windows to be brought over the message box.

AUTHOR

       Dmitry Karasik, <dmitry@karasik.eu.org>.

SEE ALSO

       Prima, Prima::Buttons, Prima::InputLine, Prima::Dialog.

perl v5.14.2							    2009-02-24							  Prima::MsgBox(3)