returnValue = MessageBox( message, [Button Options], [Icon and Sound] )

message

The string message to display.

[Button Options]

Optional:  The decimal number from the type1 list.

[Icon and Sound]

Optional:  Then decimal number from the type2 list.

returnValue

Decimal number from the return value list.

0 -- OK

1 -- OK/Cancel

2 -- Abort/Retry/Ignore

3 -- Yes/No/Cancel

4 -- Yes/No

5 -- Retry/Cancel

6 -- Cancel/Try Again/Continue

16 -- Icon X, Critical Stop Sound

32 -- Icon Question, Ding Sound

48 -- Icon Exclamation, Exclamation Sound

64 -- Icon Information, Error Sound

80 -- No Icon, Ding Sound

128 -- No Icon, No Sound

1 -- OK

2 -- Cancel

3 -- Abort

4 -- Retry

5 -- Ignore

6 -- Yes

7 -- No

10 -- Try Again

11 -- Continue

'  Create Message Box Parameter Details:
sMsg = "Button# " + AsString(iButton, 0) _
      + " Icon/Sound# " + AsString(iIconSound, 0)

 
'  Ask User if it is OK to continue Processing Data
iResult = MessageBox( sMsg, iButton , iIconSound )

Returns Any of these Dialog Examples:

Example 2:

'  Ask User if it is OK to continue Processing Data
result = MessageBox( "Is it OK to process data for " + instrument.date, 3, 32 )
 
'  If the message box indicates the "No" button was pressed,...
If result = 7 THEN
  '  Send User Warning Message Trading Blox is Aborting Test
  test.AbortSimulation( "Your Finished!" )
ELSE
  '  Send to Print Output & Log Window Processing Success
  PRINT "Processing trades for ", instrument.symbol, _
          + " on ", instrument.date
ENDIF

Example 3:

'  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
'   0 -- OK
'   1 -- OK/Cancel
'   2 -- Abort/Retry/Ignore
'   3 -- Yes/No/Cancel
'   4 -- Yes/No
'   5 -- Retry/Cancel
'   6 -- Cancel/Try Again/Continue
 
'  Assign Button Option:
iButton = iButtonOption   '  iButtonOption is Integer Type Parameter
'  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
'  Button -OK & Icon X, No Icon, No Sound
'   16 -- Icon X, Critical Stop Sound
'   32 -- Icon Question, Ding Sound
'   48 -- Icon Exclamation, Exclamation Sound
'   64 -- Icon Information, ERROR Sound
'   80 -- No Icon, Ding Sound
'  120 -- No Icon, No Sound
 
'  BPV Number Series - Manual Index
SoundOption[1] = 16   '   Critical Stop
SoundOption[2] = 32   '   Question Mark
SoundOption[3] = 48   '   Exclamation Sound
SoundOption[4] = 64   '   ERROR Sound
SoundOption[5] = 80   '   No Icon Ding
SoundOption[6] =128   '   No Icon Sound ?
 
'  Assign Selection Sound option - iSoundOption is a Selector Type Parameter
iIconSound = SoundOption[iIconSoundOption + 1]

 
'  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

'   1 -- OK

'   2 -- Cancel

'   3 -- Abort

'   4 -- Retry

'   5 -- Ignore

'   6 -- Yes

'   7 -- No

'   10 -- Try Again

'   11 -- Continue

'  BPV String Series - Manual Index

ReturnMeaning[1] = "1 -- OK"
ReturnMeaning[2] = "2 -- Cancel"
ReturnMeaning[3] = "3 -- Abort"
ReturnMeaning[4] = "4 -- Retry"
ReturnMeaning[5] = "5 -- Ignore"
ReturnMeaning[6] = "6 -- Yes"
ReturnMeaning[7] = "7 -- No"
ReturnMeaning[8] = "8 -- Error"
ReturnMeaning[9] = "9 -- Error"
ReturnMeaning[10] = "10 -- Try Again"
ReturnMeaning[11] = "11 -- Continue"
ReturnMeaning[12] = "12 -- Error"

'  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

'  Create Message Box Parameter Details:
sMsg = "Button# " + AsString(iButton, 0) _
      + " Icon/Sound# " + AsString(iIconSound, 0)
   
'  Ask User if it is OK to continue Processing Data
iResult = MessageBox( sMsg, iButton , iIconSound )
 
'  Display Message Box Return Value
PRINT "Message Box Returned: " + ReturnMeaning[iResult]

'  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Button Returns:

Message Box Returned: 1 -- OK

Message Box Returned: 2 -- Cancel

Message Box Returned: 4 -- Retry

Message Box Returned: 4 -- Retry

Message Box Returned: 7 -- No

Message Box Returned: 6 -- Yes

Message Box Returned: 2 -- Cancel

Message Box Returned: 10 -- Try Again

AbortSimulation

See Also:

General

Edit Time: 9/20/2020 11:46:40 AM

Topic ID#: 419