iwidgets::messagedialog(1)					  [incr Widgets]					iwidgets::messagedialog(1)

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NAME

       iwidgets::messagedialog - Create and manipulate a message dialog widget

SYNOPSIS

       iwidgets::messagedialog pathName ?options?

INHERITANCE

       itk::Toplevel <- iwidgets::Shell <- iwidgets::Dialogshell <- iwidgets::Dialog <- iwidgets::Messagedialog

STANDARD OPTIONS

       background      bitmap	      cursor	      font
       foreground      image	      text

       See the "options" manual entry for details on the standard options.

INHERITED OPTIONS

       buttonBoxPadX   buttonBoxPadY  buttonBoxPos    padX
       padY	       separator      thickness

       See the "dialogshell" widget manual entry for details on the above inherited options.

       master	       modality

       See the "shell" widget manual entry for details on the above inherited options.

       title

       See the "Toplevel" widget manual entry for details on the above inherited options.

WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
       Name:	       imagePos
       Class:	       Position
       Command-Line Switch:	      -imagepos

	      Specifies the image position relative to the message text: n, s, e, or w.  The default is w.

       Name:	       textPadX
       Class:	       Pad
       Command-Line Switch:	      -textpadx

	      Specifies  a  non-negative  value indicating how much extra space to request for the message text in the X direction.  The value may
	      have any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels.

       Name:	       textPadY
       Class:	       Pad
       Command-Line Switch:	      -textpady

	      Specifies a non-negative value indicating how much extra space to request for the message text in the X direction.   The	value  may
	      have any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels.

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DESCRIPTION

       The  iwidgets::messagedialog  command creates a message dialog composite widget.  The messagedialog is derived from the Dialog class and is
       composed of an image and associated message text with commands to manipulate the dialog buttons.

METHODS

       The iwidgets::messagedialog command creates a new Tcl command whose name is pathName.  This command may be used to  invoke  various  opera-
       tions on the widget.  It has the following general form: pathName option ?arg arg ...?  Option and the args determine the exact behavior of
       the command.  The following commands are possible for messagedialog widgets:

INHERITED METHODS

       add	       buttonconfigure		      defaulthide
       insert	       invoke	      show

       See the "buttonbox" widget manual entry for details on the above inherited methods.

       childsite

       See the "dialogshell" widget manual entry for details on the above inherited methods.

       activate        center	      deactivate

       See the "dialogshell" widget manual entry for details on the above inherited methods.

WIDGET-SPECIFIC METHODS
       pathName cget option
	      Returns the current value of the configuration option given by option.  Option may have any of the  values  accepted  by	the  iwid-
	      gets::messagedialog command.

       pathName configure ?option? ?value option value ...?
	      Query  or modify the configuration options of the widget.  If no option is specified, returns a list describing all of the available
	      options for pathName (see Tk_ConfigureInfo for information on the format of this list).  If option is specified with no value,  then
	      the  command  returns  a list describing the one named option (this list will be identical to the corresponding sublist of the value
	      returned if no option is specified).  If one or more option-value pairs are specified, then the command modifies	the  given  widget
	      option(s) to have the given value(s);  in this case the command returns an empty string.	Option may have any of the values accepted
	      by the iwidgets::messagedialog command.

COMPONENTS

       Name:	       image
       Class:	       Label

	      The image component is the bitmap or image of the message dialog.  See the "label" widget manual entry for details on the image com-
	      ponent item.

       Name:	       message
       Class:	       Label

	      The  message  component  provides the textual portion of the message dialog.  See the "label" widget manual entry for details on the
	      message component item.

EXAMPLE

	package require Iwidgets 4.0
	#
	# Standard question message dialog used for confirmation.
	#
	iwidgets::messagedialog .md -title "Message Dialog" -text "Are you sure ?" 		     -bitmap questhead -modality global

	.md buttonconfigure OK -text Yes
	.md buttonconfigure Cancel -text No

	if {[.md activate]} {
	   .md configure -text "Are you really sure ?"
	   if {[.md activate]} {		 puts stdout "Yes"
	   } else {		    puts stdout "No"
	   }
	} else {
	   puts stdout "No"
	}

	destroy .md

	#
	# Copyright notice with automatic deactivation.
	#
	iwidgets::messagedialog .cr -title "Copyright" -bitmap @dsc.xbm -imagepos n 
	    -text "Copyright 1995 DSC Communications Corporation
 			 All rights reserved"

	.cr hide Cancel

	.cr activate
	after 10000 ".cr deactivate"

AUTHOR

       Mark L. Ulferts

KEYWORDS

       messagedialog, dialog, dialogshell, shell, widget

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