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How to get numbers/parameters from a user defined dialog box

Hi,

My goal is to automatically generate a Manhattan shaped circle ( using straight ver/hori line). To implement this, I implemented a menu and create a dialog box or window when I press it. I want to get the desired diameter from that dialog box and created the shape.

But I am stuck at how to create the space for user to input the diameter( a number) and pass to the code.

Thank you very much,

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Andrew Beckett over 3 years ago

It would rather help if you shared what you'd actually done - then it would be easier to give you an answer as to how to adapt the code to meet your needs.

Did you really create a dialog box (e.g. with hiDisplayAppDBox) or did you create a form? What did you do?

Andrew
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HaolinCong over 3 years ago in reply to Andrew Beckett

Thank you. I tried to use a form and managed to implement what I want by:

hiCreateAppForm(?name 'dia_form
                   ?fields list(hiCreateFloatField(?name 'diameter))
                   ?callback "drawJJ(CellViewId dia_form->diameter->value)"
                   ?buttonLayout '(Empty (OK "hiFormClose(hiGetCurrentForm())") (Cancel "hiFormCancel(hiGetCurrentForm())"))
                   )
           hiDisplayForm(dia_form)

It is working. I got this by modifying a previous solution you gave to another question. Here I just have a minor question about what is the use of "Empty'?
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HaolinCong over 3 years ago in reply to Andrew Beckett

Thank you. I tried to use a form and managed to implement what I want by:

hiCreateAppForm(?name 'dia_form
                   ?fields list(hiCreateFloatField(?name 'diameter))
                   ?callback "drawJJ(CellViewId dia_form->diameter->value)"
                   ?buttonLayout '(Empty (OK "hiFormClose(hiGetCurrentForm())") (Cancel "hiFormCancel(hiGetCurrentForm())"))
                   )
           hiDisplayForm(dia_form)

It is working. I got this by modifying a previous solution you gave to another question. Here I just have a minor question about what is the use of "Empty'?
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Andrew Beckett over 3 years ago in reply to HaolinCong

The buttonLayout would be much more simply achieved by using:

?buttonLayout 'OKCancel

The Empty keyword is there so that you can start with no buttons and add some custom buttons/callbacks as you see fit. Since you've just replicated two of the standard buttons with the same names and callbacks, you might just as well use the OKCancel layout in the first place.

Kind Regards,

Andrew
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HaolinCong over 3 years ago in reply to Andrew Beckett

Thank you very much.
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