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How to display on screen text prompts?

girig

Hi,

 Similar to the on-screen prompts that Toolbox commands display on the graphical layout window, is there a way to display custom text through skill? One could use labels, but then is there a way to get rid of the + (plus) sign displayed on a label text? 

 Thanks,

Giri. 

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  • Andrew Beckett

    Hi Giri,

    You could use "hilight sets". For example:

    hs=geCreateHilightSet(geGetEditCellView() list("y1" "drawing"))
    geAddHilightLabel(hs 13:4 "Big Label" "centerCenter" "R0" "stick" 1.0 t)
    hs->enable=t

    You could also set the prompt in the window by doing:

    hiSetWindowDefaultPrompt(hiGetCurrentWindow() "My prompt>")

    Drawing actual labels would be a bit odd, but you can control the drawing of the label origin simply by doing:

    hiGetCurrentWindow()->textJustificationOn=nil

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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  • Andrew Beckett

    Hi Giri,

    You could use "hilight sets". For example:

    hs=geCreateHilightSet(geGetEditCellView() list("y1" "drawing"))
    geAddHilightLabel(hs 13:4 "Big Label" "centerCenter" "R0" "stick" 1.0 t)
    hs->enable=t

    You could also set the prompt in the window by doing:

    hiSetWindowDefaultPrompt(hiGetCurrentWindow() "My prompt>")

    Drawing actual labels would be a bit odd, but you can control the drawing of the label origin simply by doing:

    hiGetCurrentWindow()->textJustificationOn=nil

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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