Utilities/
report.pro
Like DIALOG_MESSAGE if there is already some widget
active or like MESSAGE if there is not any widget active.
To ask a question whose answer is not yes/no, use xquestion.
report
result = report(textin, DEFAULT_NO=DEFAULT_NO, PARENT=PARENT, QUESTION=QUESTION, SIMPLE=SIMPLE, _EXTRA=_EXTRA)
Return value
-1 if the keyword QUESTION is not activated
If the keyword QUESTION is activated, return 1 for yes and 0 for no.
Parameters
textin
in
required
type: scalar string or arrays of string
If textin is a scalar string, we look for the line feed character "!C".
If textin is set to an array of strings, each
array element is displayed as a separate line of text.
Keywords
DEFAULT_NO
default: "Yes"
Set this keyword to make the "No" button the default selection for
"Question" dialog.
PARENT
same as DIALOG_PARENT of DIALOG_MESSAGE
QUESTION
default: "Warning"
Set this keyword to create a "Question" dialog.
SIMPLE
activate to print only the message without the name
and the line of the routine (defined by calling routine_name)
or++
Activate to print the error message without printing the routine name with
its full path.
_EXTRA
Used to pass keywords to DIALOG_MESSAGE and
MESSAGE
Examples
If there is not any widget activated:
IDL> help, report('toto tata')
% $MAIN$: toto tata
INT = -1
IDL> help, report('does it works ?',/question)
does it works ? y/n (default answer is y)
BYTE = 1
IDL> help, report('question1: !C does it works ?',/question)
question1:
does it works ? y/n (default answer is y)
BYTE = 1
If widgets are already activated, it is the same thing but with widgets!
Version history
Version
$Id: report.pro 375 2008-08-08 15:55:40Z pinsard $
History
Sebastien Masson (smasson@lodyc.jussieu.fr)
21/10/1999
Produced by IDLdoc 2.0.
